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most citedMolecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) I: Program Overview and Highlights

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85 papers

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.IM2026

Planet formation on solar system scales

Francesco Zagaria, Andrés F. Izquierdo, Jaehan Bae +32

Giant planets are often regarded as primordial protoplanetary "architects". Their formation and interactions with planetesimals and other planets during and after the protoplanetar…

astro-ph.SR2026

Mapping Molecular Ion Distributions in a Diverse Sample of Protoplanetary Disks

Deryl E. Long, L. Ilsedore Cleeves, Charles J. Law +10

Observations of ionization-tracing molecules in protoplanetary disks suggest that their ionization environments are diverse due to varying degrees of cosmic ray modulation, stellar…

astro-ph.EP2026

JWST/MIRI Imaging Search for Kinematically Detected Protoplanetary Candidates

G. Cugno, M. Benisty, R. Teague +32

Kinematic perturbations observed with ALMA in CO line emission provide evidence for a population of embedded giant protoplanets shaping the structure of protoplanetary disks. We pr…

astro-ph.EP2026

The ALMA View of the Edge-on Gomez's Hamburger System: A Highly-Dynamic, Asymmetric Protoplanetary Disk Reveals the Earliest Phases of Giant Planet Formation

Charles J. Law, Jensen Lawrence, Richard Teague +18

Chemical tracers provide some of the strongest observational signatures of ongoing planet formation and localized dynamical perturbations in protoplanetary disks. In particular, su…

astro-ph.EP2026

SMA Observations Reveal Abundant HNC Chemistry in Transition Disks

Kyle Gresko, Charles J. Law, Deryl E. Long +8

The physical and chemical conditions of protoplanetary disks shape the properties of nascent planetary systems. The line ratios and relative abundances of the HCN-HNC isomer pair a…