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We present spectroscopic observations of ionized gas in the disk-halo regions of five edge-on galaxies, covering a wavelength range from [OII] 3727A to [SII] 6716.4A. The inclusion of the [OII] emission provides additional constraints on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Otte , J. S. Gallagher , R. J. Reynolds

We present high-resolution (0.94" $\approx$ 55 pc) ALMA CO(2-1) and 13CO(2-1) observations of the highly inclined (i~87.5 deg) galaxy NGC 4565 covering out to galactocentric radius Rgal > $\pm$ 17 kpc. The combination of sensitivity and…

A simple algorithm is employed to deproject the two dimensional images of a pilot sample of 12 high-quality images of edge-on disk galaxies and to study their intrinsic 3 dimensional stellar distribution. We examine the radial profiles of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Pohlen , S. Zaroubi , R. F. Peletier , R. -J. Dettmar

We are undertaking a multi-frequency Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) survey of edge-on protoplanetary disks to probe the growth of solids in each disk, sedimentation of such material into the disk midplane, and the connection of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Carl Melis , G. Duchene , Laura Chomiuk , Patrick Palmer , M. D. Perrin , S. T. Maddison , F. Menard , K. Stapelfeldt , C. Pinte , G. Duvert

The disk midplane temperature is potentially affected by the dust traps/rings. The dust depletion beyond the water snowline will cast a shadow. In this study, we adopt a detailed gas-grain chemical reaction network, and investigate the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Shota Notsu , Kazumasa Ohno , Takahiro Ueda , Catherine Walsh , Christian Eistrup , Hideko Nomura

Observations of edge-on galaxies allow us to investigate the vertical extent and properties of dust, gas and stellar distributions. NGC 891 has been studied for decades and represents one of the best studied cases of an edge-on galaxy. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-25 M. Bocchio , S. Bianchi , L. K. Hunt , R. Schneider

The high spatial and line sensitivity of ALMA opens the possibility of resolving emission from molecules in circumstellar disks. With an understanding of physical conditions under which molecules have high abundance, they can be used as…

The condensation fronts (snow lines) of H2O, CO and other abundant volatiles in the midplane of a protoplanetary disk affect several aspects of planet formation. Locating the CO snow line, where the CO gas column density is expected to drop…

The size of a protoplanetary disk is a fundamental property, yet most remain unresolved, even in nearby star-forming regions (d $\sim$ 140-200 pc). We present the complete continuum size distribution for the $105$ brightest protoplanetary…

Cold cores in interstellar molecular clouds represent the very first phase in star formation. The physical conditions of these objects are studied in order to understand how molecular clouds evolve and how stellar masses are determined. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Harju , M. Juvela , S. Schlemmer , L. K. Haikala , K. Lehtinen , K. Mattila

The ALMA survey of Gas Evolution in PROtoplanetary disks (AGE-PRO) Large Program aims to trace the evolution of gas disk mass and size throughout the lifetime of protoplanetary disks. This paper presents Band-6 ALMA observations of 10…

The results of single-dish observations of low- and high-J transitions of selected molecules from protoplanetary disks around two TTauri stars (LkCa15 and TWHya) and two HerbigAe stars (HD163296 and MWC480) are reported. Simple molecules…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-18 Wing-Fai Thi , Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff , Ewine F. van Dishoeck

We report the detection of vertically extended far-ultraviolet (FUV) and near-UV emissions in an edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891, which we interpret as being due to dust-scattered starlight. Three-dimensional radiative transfer models are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Kwang-Il Seon , Adolf N. Witt , Jong-Ho Shinn , Il-Joong Kim

(abridged) We used the IRAM 30-m to perform a sensitive wideband survey of 30 protoplanetary disks in the Taurus Auriga region. We simultaneously observed HCO$^+$(3-2), HCN(3-2), C$_2$H(3-2), CS(5-4), and two transitions of SO. We combine…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 S. Guilloteau , L. Reboussin , A. Dutrey , E. Chapillon , V. Wakelam , V. Piétu , E. Di Folco , D. Semenov , Th. Henning

Aims. We measure the deuterium fraction, RD, and the CO-depletion factor, fd, toward a number of starless and protostellar cores in the L1688 region of the Ophiuchus molecular cloud complex and search for variations based upon environmental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-02 A. Punanova , P. Caselli , A. Pon , A. Belloche , Ph. André

Although the deuterium fraction is known to be a powerful evolutionary tracer, its variation within individual molecular cloud cores is still poorly understood. The northern $\int$-shaped filament and 20 individual starless cores in the…

We present a physical model that explains the two disparate observational facts: 1) the exponential vertical disc structure in the optical and NIR of the non-obscured part of the stellar disc and 2) the enhanced FIR/submm luminosity by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Just , C. Moellenhoff , A. Borch

Based on measurements with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope, a multi-line study of molecular species is presented toward the gravitational lens system PKS1830-211. Obtaining average radial velocities and performing Large Velocity Gradient…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. Henkel , K. M. Menten , M. T. Murphy , N. Jethava , V. V. Flambaum , J. A. Braatz , S. Muller , J. Ott , R. Q. Mao

Simple molecules like H2CO and CH3OH in protoplanetary disks are the starting point for the production of more complex organic molecules. So far, the observed chemical complexity in disks has been limited due to freeze out of molecules onto…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Nienke van der Marel , Ewine F. van Dishoeck , Simon Bruderer , Tim A. van Kempen

Gaseous, disk-halo interfaces are shaped by processes that are critical to galaxy evolution, including gas accretion and outflows. Extraplanar diffuse ionized gas (eDIG) layers are characterized by scale heights that largely exceed those…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-01 Hanjue Zhu , Erin Boettcher , Hsiao-Wen Chen