Retreating Snow Line Reveals Organic Molecules around Young Star
Overview of the press release
Astronomers using ALMA have detected various complex organic molecules around the young star V883 Ori. A sudden outburst from this star is releasing molecules from the icy compounds in the planet forming disk. The derived chemical composition of ice is similar to that of comets in the modern Solar System. Sensitive ALMA observations enable astronomers to reconstruct the evolution of organic molecules from the birth of the Solar System to the objects we see today.
Figure 1: False-color image of V883 Ori taken with ALMA. The distribution of dust is shown in orange and the distribution of methanol, an organic molecule, is shown in blue.
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Lee et al.
To read the full press release, please visit the ALMA (NAOJ) website.
Professor Yuri Aikawa (Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science) participated in this research.
Publication details
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Journal Nature Astronomy Title The ice composition in the disk around V883 Ori revealed by its stellar outburst Authors Jeong-Eun Lee (Kyung Hee University), Seokho Lee (Kyung Hee University), Giseon Baek (Kyung Hee University), Yuri Aikawa (The University of Tokyo), Lucas Cieza (Universidad Diego Portales), Sung-Yong Yoon (Kyung Hee University), Gregory Herczeg (Peking University), Doug Johnstone (NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics), Simon Casassus (Universidad de Chile) DOI 10.1038/s41550-018-0680-0 Paper link https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0680-0
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