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(Abridged) We present evidence that low-mass starless cores, the simplest units of star formation, are systematically differentiated in their chemical composition. Molecules including CO and CS almost vanish near the core centers, where the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Tafalla , P. C. Myers , P. Caselli , C. M. Walmsley , C. Comito

The observation of oxygen (O)- and nitrogen (N)-bearing molecules gives an idea about the complex prebiotic chemistry in the interstellar medium (ISM). In this article, we present the identification of the rotational emission lines of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-15 Arijit Manna , Sabyasachi Pal , Tapas Baug , Sougata Mondal

We present the results of astrochemical modeling of complex organic molecules (COMs) in the ice and gas of the prestellar core L1544 with the recently updated MONACO rate equations-based model. The model includes, in particular,…

Tracing dust in small dense molecular cores is a powerful tool to study the conditions required for ices to form during the pre-stellar phase. To study these environments, five molecular cores were observed: three with ongoing low-mass star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-08 Laurie E. U. Chu , Klaus W. Hodapp

We report the first evidence of a hot corino in a Bok globule. This is based on the ALMA observations in the 1.2 mm band toward the low-mass Class 0 protostar IRAS 19347+0727 in B335. Saturated complex organic molecules (COMs), CH$_3$CHO,…

We present the results of two Mopra 3-mm spectral line surveys of the Lines of Sight (LOS) toward the Galactic Center (GC) molecular complexes Sgr B2 (LOS+0.693) and Sgr A (LOS-0.11). The spectra covered the frequency ranges of ~77-93 GHz…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 J. Armijos-Abendaño , J. Martín-Pintado , M. A. Requena-Torres , S. Martín , A. Rodríguez-Franco

Aims. The purpose of this study is to investigate the distributions of the isomeric molecules HCN and HNC and estimate their abundance ratio in the protostellar core Cha-MMS1 located in Chamaeleon {\sc i}. Methods. The core was mapped in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. P. Tennekes , J. Harju , M. Juvela , L. V. Toth

Chemical diversity of low-mass protostellar sources has so far been recognized, and environmental effects are invoked as its origin. In this context, observations of isolated protostellar sources without influences of nearby objects are of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 Muneaki Imai , Yoko Oya , Brian Svoboda , FAUST members

The formation pathways of different types of organic molecules in protostellar envelopes and other regions of star formation are subjects of intense current interest. We here present observations of C$_4$H and CH$_3$OH, tracing two distinct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Johan E. Lindberg , Steven B. Charnley , Martin A. Cordiner

Multilevel observations of formaldehyde (H_2CO) and methanol (CH_3OH) toward the nearby spiral galaxies NGC 253, Maffei 2, IC 342, M 82 and NGC 6946 are presented. H_2CO was detected in all galaxies (tentatively in NGC 6946). CH_3OH was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Huettemeister , R. Mauersberger , C. Henkel

The study of multiple molecular spectral lines in gas infalling sources can provide the physical and chemical properties of these sources and help us estimate their evolutionary stages. We report line detections within the 3 mm band using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-09 Yang Yang , Xi Chen , ZhiBo Jiang , Zhiwei Chen , Shuling Yu , Jun Li

We present the first detection of complex aldehydes and isomers in three typical molecular clouds located within 200pc of the center of our Galaxy. We find very large abundances of these complex organic molecules (COMs) in the central…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. A. Requena-Torres , J. Martin-Pintado , S. Martin , M. R. Morris

Prestellar cores represent early sites of low-mass ($M$ $\leq$ few M$_\odot$) star and planet formation and provide insight into initial chemical conditions of complex organic molecules (COMs). Deuterated COMs trace the degree of molecular…

This paper presents a detailed study of the chemistry in the outflow associated with the low-mass protostar NGC1333-IRAS2A down to 3" (650 AU) scales. Millimeter-wavelength aperture-synthesis observations from the OVRO and BIMA…

Detections of CO, CS, SO, C2H, HCO+, HCN, HNC, H2CO, and C3H2 reported from LIRS 36, a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud. C18O, NO, CH3OH, and most notably CN have not been detected, while the rare isotopes 13CO and,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. -N. Chin , C. Henkel , T. J. Millar , J. B. Whiteoak , M. Marx-Zimmer

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

We present molecular line observations of the high-mass molecular clump IRAS 16562$-$3959 taken at 3 mm using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) at 1.$\!\!^{\prime\prime}$7 angular resolution ($0.014$ pc spatial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-27 Andrés E. Guzmán , Viviana V. Guzmán , Guido Garay , Leonardo Bronfman , Federico Hechenleitner

We aim at studying with high angular resolution a dense core associated with a low-luminosity IRAS source, IRAS 00213+6530, in order to investigate whether low mass star formation is really taking place in isolation. We performed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 G. Busquet , Aina Palau , R. Estalella , J. M. Girart , G. Anglada , I. Sepúlveda

Complex organic molecules (COMs) have been detected abundantly at various stages of star formation, particularly in the warm protostellar phase. The progress in gas-phase measurements has been accelerated by the advent of the Atacama Large…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-20 P. Nazari