The disks that orbit young stars are the essential conduits and reservoirs of material for star
and planet formation. Their structures, meaning the spatial variations of the disk physical …

▪ Abstract Observations of interstellar gas-phase and solid-state species in the 2.4–200 μm
range obtained with the spectrometers on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) are …

Abstract We present Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-Millimeter Array (ALMA) Band 6
observations of a complete sample of protoplanetary disks in the young (∼ 1–3 Myr) Lupus …

The σ Orionis cluster is important for studying protoplanetary disk evolution, as its
intermediate age (∼ 3–5 Myr) is comparable to the median disk lifetime. We use ALMA to …

Gaps in protoplanetary disks have long been hailed as signposts of planet formation.
However, a direct link between exoplanets and disks remains hard to identify. We present a …

Protoplanetary disks with large inner dust cavities are thought to host massive planetary or
substellar companions. These disks show asymmetries and rings in the millimeter …

Context. Star formation takes place in giant molecular clouds, resulting in mass-segregated
young stellar clusters composed of Sun-like stars, brown dwarfs, and massive O-type (50 …

Prestellar cores represent the initial conditions in the process of star and planet formation.
Their low temperatures (< 10 K) allow the formation of thick icy dust mantles, which will be …

Star formation is primarily controlled by the interplay between gravity, turbulence, and
magnetic fields. However, the turbulence and magnetic fields in molecular clouds near the …

Context. Complex organic molecules (COMs) have been detected in a few Class 0
protostars but their origin is not well understood. While the usual picture of a hot corino …