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FAUST XIX. DCO in the outflow cavities of NGC\,1333 IRAS\,4A: recovering the physical structure of its original prestellar core
Layal Chahine, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Marta De Simone +25
Molecular deuteration is a powerful diagnostic tool for probing the physical conditions and chemical processes in astrophysical environments. In this work, we focus on formaldehyde…
Binding Energies and Vibrational Spectral Features of S Species on Amorphous Water-ice Mantles: A Quantum Mechanical Study
Jessica Perrero, Leire Beitia-Antero, Asunción Fuente +2
In the denser and colder regions of the interstellar medium (ISM), gas-phase sulfur is depleted by 2 or 3 orders of magnitude with respect to its cosmic abundance. Thus, which spec…
FAUST XVII: Super deuteration in the planet forming system IRS 63 where the streamer strikes the disk
L. Podio, C. Ceccarelli, C. Codella +55
Recent observations suggest that planets formation starts early, in protostellar disks of yrs, which are characterized by strong interactions with the environment, e.g.,…
Binding energies of ethanol and ethylamine on interstellar water ices: synergy between theory and experiments
Jessica Perrero, Julie Vitorino, Emanuele Congiu +3
Experimental and computational chemistry are two disciplines to conduct research in Astrochemistry, providing essential reference data for both astronomical observations and modeli…
Multiple chemical tracers finally unveil the intricate NGC\,1333 IRAS\,4A outflow system. FAUST XVI
Layal Chahine, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Marta De Simone +54
The exploration of outflows in protobinary systems presents a challenging yet crucial endeavour, offering valuable insights into the dynamic interplay between protostars and their…
FAUST XIII. Dusty cavity and molecular shock driven by IRS7B in the Corona Australis cluster
G. Sabatini, L. Podio, C. Codella +54
The origin of the chemical diversity observed around low-mass protostars probably resides in the earliest history of these systems. We aim to investigate the impact of protostellar…
Theoretical modelling of the adsorption of neutral and charged sulphur-bearing species on to olivine nanoclusters
Jessica Perrero, Leire Beitia-Antero, Asunción Fuente +2
Sulphur depletion in the interstellar medium (ISM) is a long-standing issue, as only 1% of its cosmic abundance is detected in dense molecular clouds (MCs), while it does not appea…
Synthesis of urea on the surface of interstellar water ice clusters. A quantum chemical study
J. Perrero, A. Rimola
Urea is a prebiotic molecule that has been detected in few sources of the interstellar medium (ISM) and in Murchison meteorite. Being stable against ultraviolet radiation and high-…
Formation of interstellar complex organic molecules on water-rich ices triggered by atomic carbon freezing
Stefano Ferrero, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Piero Ugliengo +2
The reactivity of interstellar carbon atoms (C) on the water-dominated ices is one of the possible ways to form interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs). In this work, we rep…
Quantum mechanical modeling of the grain-surface formation of acetaldehyde on HO:CO dirty ice surfaces
Jessica Perrero, Piero Ugliengo, Cecilia Ceccarelli +1
Acetaldehyde (CHCHO) is one of the most detected interstellar Complex Organic Molecule (iCOM) in the interstellar medium (ISM). These species have a potential biological releva…
Formation of complex organic molecules on interstellar CO ices? Insights from computational chemistry simulations
Stefano Ferrero, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Piero Ugliengo +2
Carbon (P) atom is a reactive species that, according to laboratory experiments and theoretical calculations, condensates with interstellar ice components. This fact is of utte…
Identifying meteorite droppers among the population of bright 'sporadic' bolides imaged by the Spanish Meteor Network during the spring of 2022
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Albert Rimola +2
The extraordinary weather conditions available between February and March 2022 over Spain have allowed us to analyze the brightest fireballs recorded by the monitoring stations of…
Where does the energy go during the interstellar NH formation on water ice? A computational study
Stefano Ferrero, Stefano Pantaleone, Cecilia Ceccarelli +3
In the coldest (10--20 K) regions of the interstellar medium, the icy surfaces of interstellar grains serve as solid-state supports for chemical reactions. Among their plausible ro…
Binding Energies of Interstellar Relevant S-bearing Species on Water Ice Mantles: A Quantum Mechanical Investigation
J. Perrero, J. Enrique-Romero, S. Ferrero +5
Binding energies (BEs) are one of the most important parameters for astrochemical modeling determining, because they govern whether a species stays in the gas-phase or is frozen on…
Acetaldehyde binding energies: a coupled experimental and theoretical study
S. Ferrero, F. Grieco, A-S. Ibrahim Mohamed +6
Acetaldehyde is one of the most common and abundant gaseous interstellar complex organic molecules, found in cold and hot regions of the molecular interstellar medium. Its presence…
Hot methanol in the [BHB2007] 11 protobinary system: hot corino versus shock origin? : FAUST V
C. Vastel, F. Alves, C. Ceccarelli +63
Methanol is a ubiquitous species commonly found in the molecular interstellar medium. It is also a crucial seed species for the building-up of the chemical complexity in star formi…
Chemical and Physical Characterization of the Isolated Protostellar Source CB68: FAUST. IV
Muneaki Imai, Yoko Oya, Brian Svoboda +1
Chemical diversity of low-mass protostellar sources has so far been recognized, and environmental effects are invoked as its origin. In this context, observations of isolated proto…
Orbital characterization of superbolides observed from space: dynamical association with near-Earth objects, meteoroid streams and identification of hyperbolic meteoroids
E. Peña-Asensio, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, A. Rimola
There is an unceasing incoming flux of extraterrestrial materials reaching the Earth's atmosphere. Some of these objects produce luminous columns when they ablate during the hypers…
Mass ejection and time variability in protostellar outflows: Cep E. SOLIS XVI
A. de A. Schutzer, P. R. Rivera-Ortiz, B. Lefloch +46
Protostellar jets are an important agent of star formation feedback, tightly connected with the mass-accretion process. The history of jet formation and mass-ejection provides cons…
Non-Energetic Formation of Ethanol via CCH Reaction with Interstellar H2O Ices. A Computational Chemistry Study
Jessica Perrero, Juan Enrique-Romero, Berta Martínez Bachs +4
Ethanol (CHCHOH) is a relatively common molecule, often found in star forming regions. Recent studies suggest that it could be a parent molecule of several so-called inters…
Quantum mechanical simulations of the radical-radical chemistry on icy surfaces
Joan Enrique-Romero, Albert Rimola, Ceccarelli +3
The formation of the interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) is a hot topic in astrochemistry. One of the main paradigms trying to reproduce the observations postulates that…
Thermal desorption of interstellar ices. A review on the controlling parameters and their implications fromsnowlines to chemical complexity
Marco Minissale, Yuri Aikawa, Edwin Bergin +16
The evolution of star-forming regions and their thermal balance are strongly influenced by their chemical composition, that, in turn, is determined by the physico-chemical processe…
FAUST III. Misaligned rotations of the envelope, outflow, and disks in the multiple protostellar system of VLA 16232417
Satoshi Ohashi, Claudio Codella, Nami Sakai +69
We report a study of the low-mass Class-0 multiple system VLA 1623AB in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, using HCO (), CS (), and CCH () lines as…
Computational investigation on the thermodynamics of H2CO + NH2 NH2CHO + H on interstellar water ice surfaces
Berta Martínez-Bachs, Albert Rimola
Formamide has a key role in prebiotic chemistry as it is the simplest molecule containing the four most important atoms from a biological point of view: hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen…