September 2023

• PDRs4All IV. An embarrassment of riches: Aromatic infrared bands in the Orion Bar

Chown et al. arXiv (A&A)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16733

• PDRs4All II: JWST's NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula
  
  Habart et al. arXiv
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16732
  
  

• Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS). IX. Deuterated compounds of H2S in starless cores
  
  Rodriguez-Baras et al. arXiv (A&A)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.00318
  
  

• Combined model for 15N, 13C, and spin-state chemistry in molecular clouds
  
  Sipila et al. arXiv (A&A)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02066
  
  

• Hyperfine collisional excitation of ammonia by molecular hydrogen

Loreau et al. arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.01542

• Possible Gas-Phase Synthesis of Neutral Malononitrile (C3H2N2) and Isocyanoacetonitrile (NCCH2NC) under the Upper Atmospheric Conditions of Titan

Ramal-Olmedo et al. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00107

• Deep Search For Molecular Oxygen in TW Hya
  
  Williams et al. arXiv (ApJ)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04521 

• Protoplanetary Disk Chemistry
  
  Oberg et al. arXiv (ARAA)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05685 

• Understanding Molecular Abundances in Star-Forming Regions Using Interpretable Machine Learning
  
  Heyl et al. arXiv (MNRAS)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06784 

• Astrochemical Modeling of Propargyl Radical Chemistry in TMC-1
  
  Byrne et al. arXiv (ApJ)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.07341

• A JWST inventory of protoplanetary disk ices: The edge-on protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE, seen with the Ice Age ERS program
  
  Sturm et al. arXiv (A&A)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.07817

• Kinetic Study of the Gas-Phase Reaction between Atomic Carbon and Acetone. Low Temperature Rate Constants and Hydrogen Atom Product Yields
  
  Hickson et al. arXiv (ACS Earth & Space Chemistry)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.07497

• A theoretical approach to the complex chemical evolution of phosphorus in the interstellar medium
  
  Fernández-Ruz et al. arXiv (ApJ)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.08293

• The PCA Filtering method for an unbiased spectral survey of Complex Organic Molecules (COMs)
  
  Yun and Lee arXiv
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09015

• Determination of the branching ratio of CH3OH + OH reaction on water ice surface at 10 K
  
  Ishibashi et al. arXiv (ApJ)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10351

• Small Molecules, Big Impact: A tale of hydrides past, present, and future
  
  Jacob arXiv (Astrophysics and Space Sciences)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10712

• Low-Temperature Gas-Phase Formation of Methanimine (CH2NH; X1A′)─the Simplest Imine─under Single-Collision Conditions
  
  Yang et al. J Phys Chem Letl
  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02360

• Collisional excitation of methyl (iso)cyanide by He atoms: rate coefficients and isomerism effects
  
  Ben Khalifa et al. arXiv (MNRAS)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.12045

• Explaining the Chemical Inventory of Orion KL through Machine Learning
  
  Scolati et al. arXiv (ApJ)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14449

First Glycine Isomer Detected in the Interstellar Medium: Glycolamide (NH2COCH2OH)
Rivilla et al.  2023 ApJL 953, L20
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ace977

Formation of the Methyl Cation by Photochemistry in a Protoplanetary Disk
Berné et al. 2023 Nature 621, 56
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06307-x

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• Astrocheminar Series is Restarting!

  • First speaker will be Ewine van Dischoek in 2023 November

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