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astro-ph.IM2026

Chemistry on solar system scales

Catherine Walsh, Maria Drozdovskaya, Dmitry Semenov +33

The initial chemical composition of planets, primitive bodies in our solar system, and exoplanets is ultimately set by their nascent protoplanetary disks. Yet observing key carbon-…

astro-ph.EP2026

Super-Earth Interiors Shrink by About 10% as They Crystallise

Tim Lichtenberg, Mara Attia, Harrison Nicholls +26

Super-Earth exoplanets are among the most abundant planets known, yet their bulk densities leave the interior state degenerate. The static structure models used to interpret them,…

astro-ph.EP2026

Around the water snowline: I. Effects of dynamical and chemical interplay on mid-infrared water spectra of protoplanetary discs

Till Kaeufer, Sebastiaan Krijt, Edwin A. Bergin +2

Protoplanetary discs' infrared water spectra (e.g. as observed by JWST) encode information about the underlying water distribution and physical conditions. In this work, we examine…

astro-ph.EP2026

The JDISC Survey: Inner Disk Chemistry of Class I/FS Disks and Tentative Evidence for Early Pebble Drift

Ke Zhang, Andrea Banzatti, Colette Salyk +22

We present the first chemical survey of Class I and Flat-Spectrum (I/FS) disks using JWST MIRI/MRS, targeting sixteen sources in the Ophiuchus star-forming region. Through empirica…

astro-ph.EP2026

Planetesimal Formation Across the Stellar Mass Spectrum and its Influence on Exoplanet-Inherited Volatile Budgets

Joe Williams, Sebastiaan Krijt, Joanna Drążkowska +1

Protoplanetary discs emerging from collapsing molecular clouds are capable of forming planetesimals at the water snowline during both the cloud collapse and Class II disc phases; s…

astro-ph.EP2026

Chemical Divergence and Water Depletion: Gas Properties of Evolved Upper Scorpius Disks Revealed by JWST/MIRI

Eshan Raul, Ke Zhang, Abygail Waggoner +25

Tracing the chemical evolution of protoplanetary disks over time requires observations of disks at different ages. However, most JWST/MIRI surveys published to date have targeted y…

astro-ph.EP2026

JWST-DECO: The Impact of Accretion on Mid-Infrared Observable Water in Planet-forming Disks

Jenny K. Calahan, Tarisai Dziire, Karin Öberg +13

The inner few au of a protoplanetary disk hosts the majority of observed exoplanets and is the primary planet-forming zone of the disk. The mid-IR spectra of disks, with its rich f…

astro-ph.SR2026

Characterizing the Extended Molecular Hydrogen Winds in Protoplanetary Disks from the JWST Disk Infrared Spectroscopic Chemistry Survey

Mayank Narang, Klaus M. Pontoppidan, Colette Salyk +14

We present a comprehensive analysis of extended H emission from 34 protoplanetary disks observed with the JWST Disk Infrared Spectroscopic Chemistry Survey (JDISCS), supplement…

astro-ph.EP2026

Simulating the interplay between the snowline pebble flux and ongoing planet formation and migration

Danila Astrakhantsev, Sebastiaan Krijt, Sofia Savvidou +1

Pebble drift plays a central role in modern planet formation models. In this work we carry out planet formation simulations (including pebble accretion and migration) for a range o…

astro-ph.EP2026

JWST/MIRI Hydrocarbon and Water Absorption in the Wind of a Young Disk: Signatures of Pebble Drift and Carbon Grain Sublimation

María José Colmenares, Edwin A. Bergin, Ke Zhang +27

We present JWST/MIRI-MRS observations of ISO-Oph 37, a highly inclined flat-spectrum (1 Myr old) source, to investigate the chemical composition and dynamical origin of i…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 3 cited

HO in the terrestrial planet-forming regions of protoplanetary disks

Colette Salyk, Klaus M. Pontoppidan, Ke Zhang +12

Isotopologues play an important role in solar system cosmochemistry studies, revealing details of early planet formation physics and chemistry. Oxygen isotopes, as measured in sola…

astro-ph.EP2026

Tracing Pebble Drift History in Two Protoplanetary Disks with CO Enhancement

Tayt Armitage, Joe Williams, Ke Zhang +15

Pebble drift is an important mechanism for supplying the materials needed to build planets in the inner region of protoplanetary disks. Thus, constraining pebble drift's timescales…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Protoplanetary disk cavities with JWST-MIRI: a dichotomy in molecular emission

Patrick Mallaney, Andrea Banzatti, Colette Salyk +24

The evolution of planet-forming regions in protoplanetary disks is of fundamental importance to understanding planet formation. Disks with a central deficit in dust emission, a "ca…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Dust and Water in V883 Ori: Relics of a Retreating Snowline

Yu Wang, Chris W. Ormel, Hao-Chang Jiang +3

V883 Ori is an FU-Orionis-type outburst system characterized by a shoulder at 50-70 au in its ALMA band 6 and 7 intensity profiles. Previously, this feature was attributed to dust…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 14 cited

Locked In Ice: how Pebble Drift and Volatile Entrapment can Significantly Impact Carbon and Oxygen Ratios in Evolving Protoplanetary Discs

Joe Williams, Sebastiaan Krijt, Bertram Bitsch +2

The complex interplay between the growth, drift, and sublimation of ice-covered pebbles can strongly influence the volatile distribution and evolution of disc composition, and ther…

astro-ph.EP2025

Cosmic cascades: How disk substructure regulates the flow of water to inner planetary systems

Sebastiaan Krijt, Andrea Banzatti, Ke Zhang +17

The influx of icy pebbles to the inner regions of protoplanetary disks constitutes a fundamental ingredient in most planet formation theories. The observational determination of th…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

The JDISC Survey: Linking the Physics and Chemistry of Inner and Outer Protoplanetary Disk Zones

Nicole Arulanantham, Colette Salyk, Klaus Pontoppidan +20

Mid-infrared spectroscopy of protoplanetary disks provides a chemical inventory of gas within a few au, where planets are readily detected around older stars. With the JWST Disk In…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Coordinated Space and Ground-Based Monitoring of Accretion Bursts in a Protoplanetary Disk: Establishing Mid-Infrared Hydrogen Lines as Accretion Diagnostics for JWST-MIRI

Benjamin M. Tofflemire, Carlo F. Manara, Andrea Banzatti +17

In this paper, we establish and calibrate mid-infrared hydrogen recombination lines observed with JWST as accretion tracers for pre-main-sequence stars that accrete from circumstel…

astro-ph.EP2025

Class I/II Jets with JWST: Mass loss rates, Asymmetries, and Binary induced Wigglings

Naman S. Bajaj, Ilaria Pascucci, Tracy L. Beck +11

We present JWST NIRSpec spectro-imaging observations of jets from four edge-on protoplanetary disks that exhibit clear signatures of MHD disk winds. Bipolar jets are detected and s…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Smuggling unnoticed: Towards a 2D view of water and dust delivery to the inner regions of protoplanetary discs

Adrien Houge, Sebastiaan Krijt, Andrea Banzatti +6

Infrared spectroscopy, e.g., with JWST, provides a glimpse into the chemical inventory of the innermost region of protoplanetary discs, where terrestrial planets eventually form. T…

astro-ph.EP2025

The CO-Fuelled Time Machine: Tracing Birth Conditions and Terrestrial Planet Formation Outcomes in HD 163296 through Pebble Drift-induced CO Enhancements

Joe Williams, Sebastiaan Krijt

The architecture and composition of planetary systems are thought to be strongly influenced by the transport and delivery of dust and volatiles via ices on pebbles during the plane…

astro-ph.EP2024

The First JWST View of a 30-Myr-old Protoplanetary Disk Reveals a Late-stage Carbon-rich Phase

Feng Long, Ilaria Pascucci, Adrien Houge +20

We present a JWST MIRI/MRS spectrum of the inner disk of WISE J044634.16262756.1B (hereafter J0446B), an old (34 Myr) M4.5 star but with hints of ongoing accretion. The sp…

astro-ph.EP2024

JWST/MIRI detection of a carbon-rich chemistry in a solar nebula analog

Maria Jose Colmenares, Edwin Bergin, Colette Salyk +16

It has been proposed, and confirmed by multiple observations, that disks around low mass stars display a molecule-rich emission and carbon-rich disk chemistry as compared to their…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 46 cited

JWST/NIRSpec Reveals the Nested Morphology of Disk Winds from Young Stars

Ilaria Pascucci, Tracy L. Beck, Sylvie Cabrit +15

Radially extended disk winds could be the key to unlocking how protoplanetary disks accrete and how planets form and migrate. A distinctive characteristic is their nested morpholog…