Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). I. Program overview and highlights

KI Öberg, VV Guzmán, C Walsh, Y Aikawa… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Planets form and obtain their compositions in dust-and gas-rich disks around young stars,
and the outcome of this process is intimately linked to the disk chemical properties. The …

PRODIGE–envelope to disk with NOEMA-I. A 3000 au streamer feeding a Class I protostar

MT Valdivia-Mena, JE Pineda, DM Segura-Cox… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. In the past few years, there has been a rise in the detection of streamers,
asymmetric flows of material directed toward the protostellar disk with material from outside …

Magnetohydrodynamical modeling of star-disk formation: from isolated spherical collapse towards incorporation of external dynamics

M Kuffmeier - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The formation of protostars and their disks has been understood as the result of the
gravitational collapse phase of an accumulation of dense gas that determines the mass …

Four annular structures in a protostellar disk less than 500,000 years old

DM Segura-Cox, A Schmiedeke, JE Pineda… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Annular structures (rings and gaps) in disks around pre-main-sequence stars have been
detected in abundance towards class II protostellar objects that are approximately 1,000,000 …

ALMA chemical survey of disk-outflow sources in Taurus (ALMA-DOT)-VI. Accretion shocks in the disk of DG Tau and HL Tau

A Garufi, L Podio, C Codella, D Segura-Cox… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Planet-forming disks are not isolated systems. Their interaction with the surrounding medium
affects their mass budget and chemical content. In the context of the ALMA-DOT program …

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). II. Limited Dust Settling and Prominent Snow Surfaces in the Edge-on Class I Disk IRAS 04302+ 2247

ZYD Lin, ZY Li, JJ Tobin, N Ohashi… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
While dust disks around optically visible, Class II protostars are found to be vertically thin,
when and how dust settles to the midplane are unclear. As part of the Atacama Large …

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). VI. Kinematic Structures around the Very-low-mass Protostar IRAS 16253-2429

Y Aso, W Kwon, N Ohashi, JK Jørgensen… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Precise estimates of protostellar masses are crucial to characterize the formation of stars of
low masses down to brown dwarfs (BDs; M*< 0.08 M☉). The most accurate estimation of …

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). VII. Keplerian Disk, Disk Substructure, and Accretion Streamers in the Class 0 Protostar IRAS 16544–1604 in CB …

M Kido, S Takakuwa, K Saigo, N Ohashi… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present observations of the Class 0 protostar IRAS 16544–1604 in CB 68 from the" Early
Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk)" ALMA Large program. The ALMA …

An Observational View of Structure in Protostellar Systems

JJ Tobin, PD Sheehan - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The envelopes and disks that surround protostars reflect the initial conditions of star and
planet formation and govern the assembly of stellar masses. Characterizing these structures …

Which molecule traces what: chemical diagnostics of protostellar sources

Ł Tychoniec, EF van Dishoeck, MLR van't Hoff… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The physical and chemical conditions in Class 0/I protostars are fundamental in
unlocking the protostellar accretion process and its impact on planet formation. Aims. The …