Astrochemistry during the formation of stars

JK Jørgensen, A Belloche… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Star-forming regions show a rich and varied chemistry, including the presence of complex
organic molecules—in both the cold gas distributed on large scales and the hot regions …

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 …

Formation of complex organic molecules in hot molecular cores through nondiffusive grain-surface and ice-mantle chemistry

RT Garrod, M **, KA Matis, D Jones… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A new, more comprehensive model of gas–grain chemistry in hot molecular cores is
presented, in which nondiffusive reaction processes on dust-grain surfaces and in ice …

Gas-phase formation of acetaldehyde: review and new theoretical computations

F Vazart, C Ceccarelli, N Balucani… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Among all the interstellar complex organic molecules, acetaldehyde is one of the most
widely detected species. The question of its formation route (s) is, therefore, of a major …

Precursors of the RNA world in space: detection of (Z)-1, 2-ethenediol in the interstellar medium, a key intermediate in sugar formation

VM Rivilla, L Colzi, I Jiménez-Serra… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first detection of (Z)-1, 2-ethenediol,(CHOH) 2, the enol form of
glycolaldehyde, in the interstellar medium toward the G+ 0.693− 0.027 molecular cloud …

CORINOS. I. JWST/MIRI spectroscopy and imaging of a class 0 protostar IRAS 15398–3359

YL Yang, JD Green, KM Pontoppidan… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The origin of complex organic molecules (COMs) in young Class 0 protostars has been one
of the major questions in astrochemistry and star formation. While COMs are thought to form …

The perseus ALMA chemistry survey (PEACHES). I. The complex organic molecules in Perseus embedded protostars

YL Yang, N Sakai, Y Zhang, NM Murillo… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
To date, about two dozen low-mass embedded protostars exhibit rich spectra with lines of
complex organic molecules (COMs). These protostars seem to possess a different …

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 …

The ALMA-PILS survey: inventory of complex organic molecules towards IRAS 16293–2422 A

S Manigand, JK Jørgensen, H Calcutt… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Complex organic molecules are detected in many sources in the warm inner
regions of envelopes surrounding deeply embedded protostars. Exactly how these species …

Questioning the spatial origin of complex organic molecules in young protostars with the CALYPSO survey

A Belloche, AJ Maury, S Maret, S Anderl… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
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 …