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Using the IRAM 30m telescope, we mapped the methanol emission in the pre-stellar core L1544 and observed singly deuterated methanol (CH$_2$DOH and CH$_3$OD) towards the dust peak of L1544. Non-LTE radiative transfer modelling was performed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-17 Luca Bizzocchi , Paola Caselli , Silvia Spezzano , Elvira Leonardo

The recent detection of gas-phase methanol (CH$_3$OH) lines in the disc of TW Hya by Walsh et al. provided the first observational constraints on the complex O-bearing organic content in protoplanetary discs. The emission has a ring-like…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-14 S. Yu. Parfenov , D. A. Semenov , Th. Henning , A. S. Shapovalova , A. M. Sobolev , R. Teague

The mechanisms leading to the formation of disks around young stellar objects (YSOs) and to the launching of the associated jets are crucial to the understanding of the earliest stages of star and planet formation. HH 212 is a privileged…

Water in outflows from protostars originates either as a result of gas-phase synthesis from atomic oxygen at T > 200 K, or from sputtered ice mantles containing water ice. We aim to quantify the contribution of the two mechanisms that lead…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Aleksi N. Suutarinen , Lars E. Kristensen , Joseph C. Mottram , Helen J. Fraser , Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Methanol (CH$_{3}$OH) ice is abundant in space and is a key feedstock for seeding chemical complexity in interstellar and circumstellar environments. Despite its ubiquity, gas-phase methanol has only been detected in one disk around a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-07 John D. Ilee , Catherine Walsh , Jenny C. Calahan

The formation of methanol (CH3OH) on icy grain mantles during the star formation cycle is mainly associated with the CO freeze-out stage. Yet there are reasons to believe that CH3OH also can form at an earlier period of interstellar ice…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 D. Qasim , K. -J. Chuang , G. Fedoseev , S. Ioppolo , A. C. A. Boogert , H. Linnartz

Methanol is formed via surface reactions on icy dust grains. Methanol is also detected in the gas-phase at temperatures below its thermal desorption temperature and at levels higher than can be explained by pure gas-phase chemistry. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-02 N. F. W. Ligterink , C. Walsh , R. G. Bhuin , S. Vissapragada , J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga , H. Linnartz

We present an interferometric survey of the 44 GHz class I methanol maser transition toward a sample of 69 sources consisting of High Mass Protostellar Object candidates and Ultracompact (UC) H II regions. We found a 38% detection rate (16…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 A. I. Gómez-Ruiz , S. E. Kurtz , E. D. Araya , P. Hofner , L. Loinard

Context. Outflows provide indirect means to get an insight on diverse star formation associated phenomena. On scales of individual protostellar cores, outflows combined with intrinsic core properties can be used to study the mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 O. Dionatos , B. Nisini , C. Codella , T. Giannini

Iram 30-m Observations towards eight protostellar outflow sources were taken in the 96-\SI{176}{\giga\hertz} range. Transitions of CH$_3$OH and CH$_3$CHO were detected in seven of them. The integrated emission of the transitions of each…

Methanol, one of the simplest complex organic molecules in the Interstellar Medium (ISM), has been shown to be present and extended in cold environments such as starless cores. We aim at studying methanol emission across several starless…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-22 S. Spezzano , A. Fuente , P. Caselli , A. Vasyunin , D. Navarro-Almaida , M. Rodríguez-Baras , A. Punanova , C. Vastel , V. Wakelam

Context: We investigated the molecular gas associated with 6.7 GHz methanol masers throughout the Galaxy using a J=1-0 transition of the CO isotopologues. Methods:Using the 13.7-meter telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Zhiyuan Ren , Yuefang Wu , Tie Liu , Lixin Li , Di Li , Binggang Ju

Some protostellar systems show little or no millimetre line emission of complex organics. This can be interpreted as a low abundance of these molecules, alternatively they could be present in the system but are not seen in the gas. The goal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 P. Nazari , B. Tabone , G. P. Rosotti , M. L. van Gelder , R. Meshaka , E. F. van Dishoeck

Previous radio observations revealed widespread gas-phase methanol (CH$_3$OH) in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) at the Galactic center (GC), but its origin remains unclear. Here, we report the discovery of CH$_3$OH ice toward a star in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 Deokkeun An , Kris Sellgren , A. C. Adwin Boogert , Solange V. Ramírez , Tae-Soo Pyo

Methanol is a seed species of complex organic molecules that is of fundamental importance in astrochemistry. Although various isotopologues of CH$_3$OH have been detected in the interstellar medium (ISM), CH$_{3}$$^{17}$OH is only…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-10 Yoshimasa Watanabe , Takahiro Oyama , Akemi Tamanai , Shaoshan Zeng , Nami Sakai

The study of deuteration in pre-stellar cores is important to understand the physical and chemical initial conditions in the process of star formation. In particular, observations toward pre-stellar cores of methanol and deuterated…

Context: Methanol is thought to be mainly formed during the prestellar phase and its deuterated form keeps memory of the conditions at that epoch. Thanks to the unique combination of high angular resolution and sensitivity provided by ALMA,…

Observations of dense molecular gas lie at the basis of our understanding of the density and temperature structure of protostellar envelopes and molecular outflows. We aim to characterize the properties of the protostellar envelope,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 T. A. van Kempen , E. F. van Dishoeck , M. R. Hogerheijde , R. Guesten

The interaction between dust, ice, and gas during the formation of stars produces complex organic molecules. While observations indicate that several species are formed on ice-covered dust grains and are released into the gas phase, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-04 G. Perotti , W. R. M. Rocha , J. K. Jørgensen , L. E. Kristensen , H. J. Fraser , K. M. Pontoppidan

Complex organic molecules (COMs) are often observed toward embedded Class 0 and I protostars. However, not all Class 0 and I protostars exhibit COMs emission. In this work, variations in methanol (CH$_3$OH) emission are studied to test if…