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most citedSulphur chemistry in the L1544 pre-stellar core

140 citations · 878 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

astro-ph.GA2023★ 115 cited

PDRs4All IV. An embarrassment of riches: Aromatic infrared bands in the Orion Bar

Ryan Chown, Ameek Sidhu, Els Peeters +136

(Abridged) Mid-infrared observations of photodissociation regions (PDRs) are dominated by strong emission features called aromatic infrared bands (AIBs). The most prominent AIBs ar…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 64 cited

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). A Circumplanetary Disk Candidate in Molecular Line Emission in the AS 209 Disk

Jaehan Bae, Richard Teague, Sean M. Andrews +29

We report the discovery of a circumplanetary disk (CPD) candidate embedded in the circumstellar disk of the T Tauri star AS 209 at a radial distance of about 200 au (on-sky separat…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 16 cited

HS observations in young stellar disks in Taurus

P. Rivière-Marichalar, A. Fuente, R. Le Gal +7

Context. Studying gas chemistry in protoplanetary disks is key to understanding the process of planet formation. Sulfur chemistry in particular is poorly understood in interstellar…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 11 cited

Chemical compositions of five Planck cold clumps

V. Wakelam, P. Gratier, M. Ruaud +4

Aims: Interstellar molecules form early in the evolutionary sequence of interstellar material that eventually forms stars and planets. To understand this evolutionary sequence, it…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 27 cited

Gas-phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS) III. Unlocking the CS chemistry: the CS+O reaction

N. Bulut, O. Roncero, A. Aguado +36

CS is among the most abundant gas-phase S-bearing molecules in cold dark molecular clouds. It is easily observable with several transitions in the millimeter wavelength range, and…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 9 cited

Visualizing the Kinematics of Planet Formation

Disk Dynamics Collaboration, Philip J. Armitage, Jaehan Bae +23

A stunning range of substructures in the dust of protoplanetary disks is routinely observed across a range of wavelengths. These gaps, rings and spirals are highly indicative of a…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 1 cited

A Prospective ISRO-CfA Himalayan Sub-millimeter-wave Observatory Initiative

T. K. Sridharan, Shmuel Bialy, Raymond Blundell +20

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a member of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, is in discussions with the Space Applications Centre (SAC) of th…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 17 cited

A 3mm chemical exploration of small organics in Class I YSOs

Romane Le Gal, Karin I. Öberg, Jane Huang +8

There is mounting evidence that the composition and structure of planetary systems are intimately linked to their birth environments. During the past decade, several spectral surve…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 82 cited

Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS). II. On the quest for the sulphur reservoir in molecular clouds: the case

D. Navarro-Almaida, R. Le Gal, A. Fuente +30

Sulphur is one of the most abundant elements in the Universe. Surprisingly, sulphuretted molecules are not as abundant as expected in the interstellar medium, and the identity of t…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 69 cited

An ALMA Survey of HCO in Protoplanetary Disks

Jamila Pegues, Karin I. Öberg, Jennifer B. Bergner +13

HCO is one of the most abundant organic molecules in protoplanetary disks and can serve as a precursor to more complex organic chemistry. We present an ALMA survey of HCO t…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 57 cited

Abundances of sulphur molecules in the Horsehead nebula. First NS+ detection in a photodissociation region

P. Rivière-Marichalar, A. Fuente, J. R. Goicoechea +8

Aims. Our goal is to complete the inventory of S-bearing molecules and their abundances in the prototypical photodissociation region (PDR) the Horsehead nebula to gain insight into…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 40 cited

Modeling C-Shock Chemistry in Isolated Molecular Outflows

Andrew M. Burkhardt, Christopher N. Shingledecker, Romane Le Gal +3

Shocks are a crucial probe for understanding the ongoing chemistry within ices on interstellar dust grains where many complex organic molecules (COMs) are believed to be formed. Ho…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 29 cited

Efficient methanol production on the dark side of a prestellar core

Jorma Harju, Jaime E. Pineda, Anton I. Vasyunin +23

We present ALMA maps of the starless molecular cloud core Ophiuchus/H-MM1 in the lines of deuterated ammonia (ortho-NH2D), methanol (CH3OH), and sulphur monoxide (SO). The dense co…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 13 cited

Astrochemical Kinetic Grid Models of Groups of Observed Molecular Abundances: Taurus Molecular Cloud 1 (TMC-1)

Dominique M. Maffucci, Trey V. Wenger, Romane Le Gal +1

The emission line spectra of cyanoacetylene and methanol reveal chemical and physical heterogeneity on very small (< 0.1 pc) scales toward the peak in cyanopolyyne emission in the…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 24 cited

H2CO ortho-to-para ratio in the protoplanetary disk HD 163296

V. V. Guzman, K. I. Oberg, J. Carpenter +3

Ortho-to-para (o/p) ratios of species like water, ammonia and formaldehyde (H2CO) are believed to encode information about the formation history of the molecule. Measurements of o/…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 140 cited

Sulphur chemistry in the L1544 pre-stellar core

Charlotte Vastel, David Quénard, Romane Le Gal +7

The L1544 pre-stellar core has been observed as part of the ASAI IRAM 30m Large Program as well as follow-up programs. These observations have revealed the chemical richness of the…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 121 cited

On Cosmic Ray-Driven Grain Chemistry in Cold Core Models

Christopher N. Shingledecker, Jessica D. Tennis, Romane Le Gal +1

In this paper, we present preliminary results illustrating the effect of cosmic rays on solid-phase chemistry in models of both TMC-1 and several sources with physical conditions i…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 11 cited

The ortho-to-para ratio of HCl: Quasi-classical trajectory calculations and new simulations in light of new observations

Romane Le Gal, Changjian Xie, Eric Herbst +3

Multi-hydrogenated species with proper symmetry properties can present different spin configurations, and thus exist under different spin symmetry forms, labeled as para and ortho…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 32 cited

A new study of the chemical structure of the Horsehead nebula: the influence of grain-surface chemistry

Romane Le Gal, Eric Herbst, Gwenaelle Dufour +4

A wide variety of molecules have recently been detected in the Horsehead nebula photodissociation region (PDR) suggesting that: (i) gas-phase and grain chemistries should both cont…