Astrochemistry and compositions of planetary systems

KI Öberg, EA Bergin - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Planets form and obtain their compositions in disks of gas and dust around young stars. The
chemical compositions of these planet-forming disks regulate all aspects of planetary …

The chemical composition of comets—emerging taxonomies and natal heritage

MJ Mumma, SB Charnley - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Cometary nuclei contain the least modified material from the formative epoch of our
planetary system, and their compositions reflect a range of processes experienced by …

An Ice Age JWST inventory of dense molecular cloud ices

MK McClure, WRM Rocha, KM Pontoppidan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Icy grain mantles are the main reservoir of the volatile elements that link chemical processes
in dark, interstellar clouds with the formation of planets and the composition of their …

Thermal desorption of interstellar ices: A review on the controlling parameters and their implications from snowlines to chemical complexity

M Minissale, Y Aikawa, E Bergin, M Bertin… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The evolution of star-forming regions and their thermal balance are strongly influenced by
their chemical composition, which, in turn, is determined by the physicochemical processes …

Water in star-forming regions: physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy

EF van Dishoeck, LE Kristensen, JC Mottram… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Water is a key molecule in the physics and chemistry of star and planet formation,
but it is difficult to observe from Earth. The Herschel Space Observatory provided …

A non-energetic mechanism for glycine formation in the interstellar medium

S Ioppolo, G Fedoseev, KJ Chuang, HM Cuppen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The detection of the amino acid glycine and its amine precursor methylamine on the comet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the Rosetta mission provides strong evidence for a cosmic …

A unified representation of gas-phase element depletions in the interstellar medium

EB Jenkins - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A study of gas-phase element abundances reported in the literature for 17
different elements sampled over 243 sight lines in the local part of our Galaxy reveals that …

Our astrochemical heritage

P Caselli, C Ceccarelli - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2012 - Springer
Our Sun and planetary system were born about 4.5 billion years ago. How did this happen,
and what is the nature of our heritage from these early times? This review tries to address …

Interstellar water chemistry: from laboratory to observations

EF Van Dishoeck, E Herbst, DA Neufeld - Chemical Reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Water is a fundamental molecule in the universe. On Earth, water exists in all three phases:
gas, liquid, and solid (ice). Liquid water facilitates many chemical reactions as a solvent …

Surface processes on interstellar amorphous solid water: Adsorption, diffusion, tunneling reactions, and nuclear-spin conversion

T Hama, N Watanabe - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Since we intend to review experimental and theoretical studies of physicochemical
processes occurring on cosmic dust grains in very cold regions in space, we start with a brief …