Demographics of young stars and their protoplanetary disks: lessons learned on disk evolution and its connection to planet formation

CF Manara, M Ansdell, GP Rosotti, AM Hughes… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Since Protostars and Planets VI (PPVI), our knowledge of the global properties of
protoplanetary and debris disks, as well as of young stars, has dramatically improved. At the …

Protoplanetary disk chemistry

KI Öberg, S Facchini… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Planets form in disks of gas and dust around young stars. The disk molecular reservoirs and
their chemical evolution affect all aspects of planet formation, from the coagulation of dust …

Water in the terrestrial planet-forming zone of the PDS 70 disk

G Perotti, V Christiaens, T Henning, B Tabone… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Terrestrial and sub-Neptune planets are expected to form in the inner (less than 10 au)
regions of protoplanetary disks. Water plays a key role in their formation,–, although it is yet …

A rich hydrocarbon chemistry and high C to O ratio in the inner disk around a very low-mass star

B Tabone, G Bettoni, EF Van Dishoeck… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Carbon is an essential element for life but how much can be delivered to young planets is
still an open question. The chemical characterization of planet-forming disks is a crucial step …

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 …

Planet formation theory in the era of ALMA and Kepler: from pebbles to exoplanets

J Drazkowska, B Bitsch, M Lambrechts… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Our understanding of planet formation has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The
classical planet formation theory, developed when the only known planetary system was our …

JWST reveals excess cool water near the snow line in compact disks, consistent with pebble drift

A Banzatti, KM Pontoppidan, JS Carr… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Previous analyses of mid-infrared water spectra from young protoplanetary disks observed
with the Spitzer-IRS found an anticorrelation between water luminosity and the millimeter …

How drifting and evaporating pebbles shape giant planets-I. Heavy element content and atmospheric C/O

AD Schneider, B Bitsch - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 - aanda.org
Recent observations of extrasolar gas giants suggest super-stellar C/O ratios in planetary
atmospheres, while interior models of observed extrasolar giant planets additionally suggest …

MINDS. The detection of 13CO2 with JWST-MIRI indicates abundant CO2 in a protoplanetary disk

SL Grant, EF van Dishoeck, B Tabone… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present JWST-MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) spectra of the
protoplanetary disk around the low-mass T Tauri star GW Lup from the MIRI mid-INfrared …

Sulphur monoxide emission tracing an embedded planet in the HD 100546 protoplanetary disk

AS Booth, JD Ilee, C Walsh, M Kama, L Keyte… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Molecular line observations are powerful tracers of the physical and chemical conditions
across the different evolutionary stages of star, disk, and planet formation. The high angular …