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Probing the ion-neutral drift velocity towards the L1544 prestellar core: Detection of ambipolar diffusion using ND and para-NHD
Doris Arzoumanian, Silvia Spezzano, Tommaso Grassi +9
The dynamical role of the magnetic field in the star formation process is tightly linked to the coupling between matter and the field. This coupling is due to the interaction betwe…
ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) I: Overview
Steven N. Longmore, John Bally, Ashley T. Barnes +95
The mass flows and energy cycles within the inner regions of galaxies exert a powerful influence on the evolution of the galaxy population. The centre of the Milky Way is the only…
New Estimate for the Cosmic Ray-Induced Photodissociation Rate in the Interstellar Medium
O. Sipilä, P. Caselli, M. Padovani +5
In the interstellar medium, cosmic rays (CRs) generate a field of ultraviolet (UV) photons via the excitation and subsequent radiative decay of molecules. This UV field i…
Mapping the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in the Local Galaxy with H
Nick Indriolo, Alexei V. Ivlev, T. Pellegrin +6
Chemistry in diffuse molecular clouds relies primarily on rapid ion-molecule reactions. Formation of the initial ions, H and H, is dominated by cosmic-ray ionization of H…
Protostellar disks in their natural habitat -- the formation of protostars and their accretion disks in the turbulent and magnetized interstellar medium
Alexander C. Mayer, Thorsten Naab, Paola Caselli +6
We present simulations of the supernova-driven turbulent interstellar medium (ISM) in a simulation domain of volume within which we resolve the formation of pro…
The first detection of cosmic-ray excited H in interstellar space
Shmuel Bialy, Amit Chemke, David A. Neufeld +12
Stars and planets form within cold, dark molecular clouds. In these dense regions, where starlight cannot penetrate, cosmic rays (CRs) are the dominant source of ionization -- driv…