First quantitative JWST study of weak ice bands in 21 protostars finds CH4 likely dominant at 7.67 um and HCOO- plus other COMs at 7.24/7.40 um, indicating ubiquity of complex ices.
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First pixel-by-pixel JWST absorption maps of multiple ice species toward six Class 0 protostars reveal abundance variations from heating and outflows, with total composition matching prestellar formation models covering ~90% of inventory.
Observations of the HK Tau binary with JWST reveal gas-phase molecular lines in the low-inclination primary and ice absorption features in the edge-on secondary, enabled by their differing inclinations.
Radiative transfer modeling of protostellar ices shows absorption originates mainly from 1000-2000 au at the cavity-envelope transition, with apparent CO2/H2O and CO/H2O ratios potentially underestimated due to line-of-sight effects.
No change detected in ice absorption bands of EC 53 between phases, with ice abundances higher than typical for embedded protostars.
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Probing the ubiquity of complex ices in protostars with JWST: the first systematic quantification of weak ice bands between 6.8 and 7.9 micron
First quantitative JWST study of weak ice bands in 21 protostars finds CH4 likely dominant at 7.67 um and HCOO- plus other COMs at 7.24/7.40 um, indicating ubiquity of complex ices.
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Mapping Interstellar Ice Inventory toward Class 0 Protostars in Star-forming Region Orion A with JWST Data
First pixel-by-pixel JWST absorption maps of multiple ice species toward six Class 0 protostars reveal abundance variations from heating and outflows, with total composition matching prestellar formation models covering ~90% of inventory.