(Abridged) Complex organic molecules (COMs) are considered essential precursors to prebiotic species. While COMs were once expected to be efficiently destroyed under UV-irradiated conditions, detections in photodissociation regions (PDRs) have […]
Horsehead nebula
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JWST Observations Of Photo-dissociation Regions. II. Aliphatic/Aromatic Carbonaceous Dust, Ices, And Gas Phase Spectral Line Inventory
This paper provides an overview of the spectroscopic data obtained by the JWST Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) program 1192, “The Physics and Chemistry of PDR Fronts”, including an inventory of […]
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Could Nucleobases Form In The ISM? A Theoretical Study In The Horsehead Nebula
This work presents the results of a theoretical study that analyzed the possibility of nucleobases to form in the interstellar medium, in the Horsehead nebula, which is a region considered […]