Mass Assembly and Chemical Complexity in the Milky Way
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2025-12-17 v1
Abstract
(Sub-)millimeter spectral lines can be used not only to understand the chemical complexity and enrichment history of an observed portion of our Galaxy, but with spectrally resolved lines, they reveal the physical conditions, dynamics, and even the ionisation state and magnetic field strengths of the gas component of our Galaxy. They are prime tracers of mass assembly and structure formation across scales.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.14203,
title = {Mass Assembly and Chemical Complexity in the Milky Way},
author = {Pamela Klaassen and David Eden and Alessio Traficante and Henrik Beuther and Maite Beltrán and Caroline Bot and Elias Brinks and Laura Colzi and Timea Csengeri and Antoine Gusdorf and Doug Johnstone and Jes K. Jørgensen and Jonathan Marshall and Elena Redaelli and Víctor M. Rivilla and Thomas Stanke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.14203},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
This white paper was submitted to ESO Expanding Horizons in support of next generation sub-mm facilities