Accretion disks in luminous young stellar objects

MT Beltrán, WJ de Wit - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2016 - Springer
An observational review is provided of the properties of accretion disks around young stars.
It concerns the primordial disks of intermediate-and high-mass young stellar objects in …

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). I. Overview of the Program and First Results

N Ohashi, JJ Tobin, JK Jørgensen… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview of the Large Program," Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks
(eDisk)," conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The …

Formation and evolution of disks around young stellar objects

B Zhao, K Tomida, P Hennebelle, JJ Tobin… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Recent observations have suggested that circumstellar disks may commonly form around
young stellar objects. Although the formation of circumstellar disks can be a natural result of …

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 …

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 …

A protostellar system fed by a streamer of 10,500 au length

JE Pineda, D Segura-Cox, P Caselli, N Cunningham… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Binary formation is an important aspect of star formation. One possible route for close-in
binary formation is disk fragmentation,–. Recent observations show that small-scale …

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 …

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 …

Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XIX. Spiral arms, a tail, and diffuse structures traced by CO around the GM Aur disk

J Huang, EA Bergin, KI Öberg… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The concentric gaps and rings commonly observed in protoplanetary disks in millimeter
continuum emission have lent the impression that planet formation generally proceeds …