Photochemistry and astrochemistry: Photochemical pathways to interstellar complex organic molecules

KI Öberg - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The interstellar medium is characterized by a rich and diverse chemistry. Many of its
complex organic molecules are proposed to form through radical chemistry in icy grain …

Grain surface models and data for astrochemistry

HM Cuppen, C Walsh, T Lamberts, D Semenov… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
The cross-disciplinary field of astrochemistry exists to understand the formation, destruction,
and survival of molecules in astrophysical environments. Molecules in space are …

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 …

Binding energies of interstellar molecules on crystalline and amorphous models of water ice by ab initio calculations

S Ferrero, L Zamirri, C Ceccarelli, A Witzel… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In the denser and colder (≤ 20 K) regions of the interstellar medium (ISM), near-infrared
observations have revealed the presence of submicron-sized dust grains covered by several …

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 …

Molecules with ALMA at planet-forming scales (MAPS). VII. Substellar O/H and C/H and superstellar C/O in planet-feeding gas

AD Bosman, F Alarcón, EA Bergin… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The elemental composition of the gas and dust in a protoplanetary disk influences the
compositions of the planets that form in it. We use the Molecules with ALMA at Planet …

Dust as interstellar catalyst-I. Quantifying the chemical desorption process

M Minissale, F Dulieu, S Cazaux, S Hocuk - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. The presence of dust in the interstellar medium has profound consequences on the
chemical composition of regions where stars are forming. Recent observations show that …

CO destruction in protoplanetary disk midplanes: Inside versus outside the CO snow surface

AD Bosman, C Walsh, EF van Dishoeck - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. The total gas mass is one of the most fundamental properties of disks around young
stars, because it controls their evolution and their potential to form planets. To measure disk …

Transition disks: the observational revolution from SEDs to imaging

N van der Marel - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - epjplus.epj.org
Protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars are the birth place of planets. Of particular
interest are the transition disks with large inner dust cavities of tens of au, hinting at the …