English
Related papers

Related papers: ALCHEMI: an ALMA Comprehensive High-resolution Ext…

200 papers

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) consists of 64 antennas of 12m diameter that will initially observe in 4 frequency bands between 84 and 720 GHz with spatial resolutions down to 0.01" and velocity resolutions as fine as 0.05 km/s.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlos De Breuck

The rich information on (sub)millimeter dust continuum emission from distant galaxies in the public Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) archive is contained in thousands of inhomogeneous observations from individual PI-led…

Recent astrochemical models and experiments have explained that complex organic molecules (COMs; molecules composed of six or more atoms) are produced on the dust grain mantles in cold and dense gas in prestellar cores. However, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-16 Giseon Baek , Jeong-Eun Lee , Tomoya Hirota , Kee-Tae Kim , Mi Kyoung Kim

Context. Acetone (CH3COCH3) is a carbonyl-bearing complex organic molecule, yet interstellar observations of acetone remain limited. Studying the formation and distribution of CH3COCH3 in the interstellar medium can provide valuable…

The ALMA SPECtroscopic Survey in the {\it Hubble} Ultra Deep Field is an ALMA large program that obtained a frequency scan in the 3\,mm band to detect emission lines from the molecular gas in distant galaxies. We here present our search…

Observations of disks with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) allow us to map the chemical makeup of nearby protoplanetary disks with unprecedented spatial resolution and sensitivity. The typical outer Class II disk…

We present high-angular-resolution imaging of the asymptotic giant branch star W Hya with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to probe the dynamics and chemistry in the atmosphere and inner wind. W Hya was observed with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-04 K. Ohnaka , K. T. Wong , G. Weigelt , K. -H. Hofmann

With two directly detected protoplanets, the PDS 70 system is a unique source in which to study the complex interplay between forming planets and their natal environment. The large dust cavity carved by the two giant planets can affect the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-04 L. Rampinelli , S. Facchini , M. Leemker , J. Bae , M. Benisty , R. Teague , C. J. Law , K. I. Öberg , B. Portilla-Revelo , A. J. Cridland

Single-dish observations suggest that the abundances of organic species in star-forming regions of the outer Galaxy, characterised by sub-Solar metallicities, are comparable to those found in the local Galaxy. To understand this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-01 F. Fontani , G. Vermariën , S. Viti , D. Gigli , L. Colzi , M. T. Beltrán , P. Caselli , V. M. Rivilla , Á , Sánchez-Monge

By direct measurements of the gas temperature, the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) has yielded a new diagnostic tool to study the solar chromosphere. Here we present an overview of the brightness-temperature…

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of $\mathrm{^{13}CO(J=1-0)}$ line and 104 GHz continuum emission from NGC 604, a giant HII region (GHR) in the nearby spiral galaxy M33. Our high spatial resolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-12 S. P. Phiri , J. M. Kirk , D. Ward-Thompson , A. E. Sansom , G. J. Bendo

We use a high-resolution hydrodynamic simulation that tracks the non-equilibrium abundance of molecular hydrogen within a massive high-redshift galaxy to produce mock Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) maps of the fine-structure lines of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Matteo Tomassetti , Cristiano Porciani , Emilio Romano-Diaz , Aaron D. Ludlow , Padelis P. Papadopoulos

In external galaxies, some galaxies have higher activities of star formation and central supermassive black holes. The interstellar medium in those galaxies can be heated by different mechanisms such as UV-heating, X-ray heating, cosmic-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-12 Nanase Harada

We describe an archival project using Cycle 0 data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submilleter Array to survey the CO/CN line ratio in 17 nearby galaxies. CN is an interesting molecule that traces dense gas exposed to ultraviolet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-11 Christine D. Wilson

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Band 3 data toward five massive young stellar objects (MYSOs), and investigate relationships between unsaturated carbon-chain species and saturated complex organic molecules (COMs). An…

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) neutral carbon, [C I](1-0), line observations that probe molecular hydrogen gas (H$_2$) within seven radio galaxies at $z = 2.9 - 4.5$ surrounded by extended ($\gtrsim100$ kpc)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-04 S. Kolwa , C. De Breuck , J. Vernet , D. Wylezalek , W. Wang , G. Popping , A. W. S. Man , C. M. Harrison , P. Andreani

Context. With the outstanding spatial resolution and sensitivity of the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA), molecular gas other than the abundant CO can be observed and resolved in circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) around…

We present a study of outflows at extremely early stages of high-mass star formation obtained from the ALMA Survey of 70 $\mu \rm m$ dark High-mass clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). Twelve massive 3.6$-$70 $\mu \rm m$ dark prestellar clump…

We consider the capabilities for detecting low order CO emission lines from high-z galaxies using the next generation of radio telescopes operating at 22 and 43 GHz. We employ models for the evolution of dusty star forming galaxies based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. L. Carilli , A. W. Blain

Acetone (CH3COCH3) is a ubiquitous interstellar molecule, and serves as an important tracer of hot core chemistry. We conducted a line survey of acetone and its precursor acetaldehyde (CH3CHO) towards 60 hot cores by using the ALMA 3 mm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 Xia Zhang , Xiaohu Li , Zhiping Kou