The diverse chemistry of protoplanetary disks as revealed by JWST
E. F. van Dishoeck, Sierra L. Grant, Benoît Tabone, M. L. van Gelder, Logan Francis, Łukasz Tychoniec, Giulio Bettoni, Aditya M. Arabhavi, Danny Gasman, Pooneh Nazari, Marissa Vlasblom, Patrick Kavanagh, Valentin Christiaens, Pamela Klaassen, H. Beuther, Th. Henning, I. Kamp
Abstract
Early results from JWST-MIRI programs on low- and high-mass protostars and disks show significant diversity in their mid-infrared spectra, most notably for CO 2 , H 2 O and C 2 H 2 . Benzene is detected in disks around very low mass stars.
Topics & Concepts
Protoplanetary diskAstrobiologyChemistryAstrophysicsPlanetPhysicsAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesAstro and Planetary ScienceMolecular Spectroscopy and Structure