Change in the chemical composition of infalling gas forming a disk around a protostar

Nami Sakai (), Takeshi Sakai, Tomoya Hirota, Yoshimasa Watanabe, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Claudine Kahane, Sandrine Bottinelli, Emmanuel Caux, Karine Demyk, Charlotte Vastel, Audrey Coutens, Vianney Taquet, Nagayoshi Ohashi, Shigehisa Takakuwa, Hsi-Wei Yen, Yuri Aikawa and Satoshi Yamamoto
Additional contact information
Nami Sakai: The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Takeshi Sakai: The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
Tomoya Hirota: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
Yoshimasa Watanabe: The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Cecilia Ceccarelli: Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
Claudine Kahane: Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
Sandrine Bottinelli: Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UPS-OMP), Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Emmanuel Caux: Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UPS-OMP), Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Karine Demyk: Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UPS-OMP), Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Charlotte Vastel: Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UPS-OMP), Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Audrey Coutens: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, Copenhagen 2100 Østerbro, Denmark
Vianney Taquet: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Astrochemistry Laboratory, Mail Code 691, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Nagayoshi Ohashi: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, PO Box 23-141, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Shigehisa Takakuwa: Institute of Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Hsi-Wei Yen: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, PO Box 23-141, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Yuri Aikawa: Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
Satoshi Yamamoto: The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Nature, 2014, vol. 507, issue 7490, 78-80

Abstract: Observations of a protostellar envelope and disk (from which planets should form) in the relatively close star-forming region of the Taurus molecular cloud reveal unexpected chemistry in the gas between the envelope and the disk: the unsaturated hydrocarbon molecule cyclic-C3H2 and sulphur monoxide.

Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13000 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:507:y:2014:i:7490:d:10.1038_nature13000

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/nature13000

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().