Published in January 2020

The first steps of interstellar phosphorus chemistry

J. Chantzos, V. M. Rivilla, A. Vasyunin, E. Redaelli, L. Bizzocchi, F. Fontani, and P. Caselli

A&A 633, A54 (2020)

Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth

W. M. Grundy, M. K. Bird, D. T. Britt, J. C. Cook, D. P. Cruikshank, C. J. A. Howett, S. Krijt, I. R. Linscott, C. B. Olkin, A. H. Parker, S. Protopapa, M. Ruaud, O. M. Umurhan, L. A. Young, C. M. Dalle Ore, J. J. Kavelaars, J. T. Keane, Y. J. Pendleton, S. B. Porter, F. Scipioni, J. R. Spencer, S. A. Stern, A. J. Verbiscer, H. A. Weaver, R. P. Binzel, M. W. Buie, B. J. Buratti1, A. Cheng, A. M. Earle, H. A. Elliott, L. Gabasova, G. R. Gladstone, M. E. Hill, M. Horanyi, D. E. Jennings, A. W. Lunsford, D. J. McComas, W. B. McKinnon, R. L. McNutt, Jr., J. M. Moore, J. W. Parker, E. Quirico, D. C. Reuter, P. M. Schenk, B. Schmitt, M. R. Showalter, K. N. Singer, G. E. Weigle II, and A. M. Zangari

Science 367, eaay3705 (2020)

Tailoring electric field standing waves in reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy to enhance absorbance from adsorbates on ice surfaces

J. Maurais and P. Ayotte

J Chem Phys 152, 074202 (2020)

Collisional energy transfer in the HeH+-H reactive system

B. Desrousseaux and F. Lique

J Chem Phys 152, 074303 (2020)

Interaction of the H 2 S molecule with molecular hydrogen: Ab initio potential energy surface and scattering calculations

P. J. Dagdigian

J Chem Phys 152, 074307 (2020)

14N/15N Isotopic Ratio in CH 3 CN of Titan's Atmosphere Measured with ALMA

T. Iino, H. Sagawa, and T. Tsukagoshi

ApJ 890, 95 (2020)

Internal Structure and CO 2 Reservoirs of Habitable Water Worlds

N. Marounina and L. A. Rogers

ApJ 890, 107 (2020)

An ALMA Survey of H 2 CO in Protoplanetary Disks

J. Pegues, K. I. Öberg, J. B. Bergner, R. A. Loomis, C. Qi, R. Le Gal, L. I. Cleeves, V. V. Guzmán, J. Huang, J. K. Jørgensen, S. M. Andrews, G. A. Blake, J. M. Carpenter, K. R. Schwarz, J. P. Williams, and D. J. Wilner

ApJ 890, 142 (2020)

Chemistry Along Accretion Streams in a Viscously Evolving Protoplanetary Disk

E. M. Price, L. I. Cleeves, and K. I. Öberg

ApJ 890, 154 (2020)

Global Chemistry and Thermal Structure Models for the Hot Jupiter WASP-43b and Predictions for JWST

O. Venot, V. Parmentier, J. Blecic, P. E. Cubillos, I. P. Waldmann, Q. Changeat, J. I. Moses, P. Tremblin, N. Crouzet, P. Gao, D. Powell, P.-O. Lagage, I. Dobbs-Dixon, M. E. Steinrueck, L. Kreidberg, N. Batalha, J. L. Bean, K. B. Stevenson, S. Casewell, and L. Carone

ApJ 890, 177 (2020)

Water in the Star-forming Region NGC 7129 FIRS 2

M. E. Conrad and M. Fich

ApJ 890, 178 (2020)

Far-Infrared Synchrotron Spectroscopy of a Potentially Important Interstellar Isotopologue of Vinyl Alcohol: CH 2 CHOD

H. Bunn, K. Hull, I. Miller, and P. L. Raston

J Phys Chem A 124, 704-710 (2020)

Vibrational analysis of the ubiquitous interstellar molecule cyclopropenylidene (c-C 3 H 3 ): the importance of numerical stability

W. J. Morgan, R. C. Fortenberry, H. F. Schaefer III, and T. J. Lee

Mol Phys 118, e1589007 (2020)

Condensation of Atomic Carbon: Possible Routes toward Glycine

S. A. Krasnokutski, C. Jäger, and T. Henning

ApJ 889, 67 (2020)

The quest of chirality in the interstellar medium. I. Lessons of propylene oxide detection

Y. Ellinger, F. Pauzat, A. Markovits, A. Allaire, and J.-C. Guillemin

A&A 633, A49 (2020)

Evaporative cooling of icy interstellar grains. I. Basic characterization

J. Kalvāns and J. R. Kalnin

A&A 633, A97 (2020)

First detection of the carbon chain molecules 13CCC and C13CC towards SgrB2(M)

T. F. Giesen, B. Mookerjea, G. W. Fuchs, A. A. Breier, D. Witsch, R. Simon, and J. Stutzki

A&A 633, A120 (2020)

Analysis of the first overtone bands of isotopologues of CO and SiO in stellar spectra

Y. V. Pavlenko, S. N. Yurchenko, and J. Tennyson

A&A 633, A52 (2020)

Dayside nitrogen and carbon escape on Titan: the role of exothermic chemistry

H. Gu, J. Cui, P. P. Lavvas, D.-D. Niu, X.-S. Wu, J.-H. Guo, F. He, and Y. Wei

A&A 633, A8 (2020)

Photolysis of diatomic molecules as a source of atoms in planetary exospheres

R. R. Valiev, A. A. Berezhnoy, I. S. Gritsenko, B. S. Merzlikin, V. N. Cherepanov, T. Kurten, and C. Wöhler

A&A 633, A39 (2020)

Fragmentation and isomerization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the interstellar medium: Coronene as a case study

T. Chen, Y. Luo, and A. Li

A&A 633, A103 (2020)

C 60 + as a diffuse interstellar band carrier; a spectroscopic story in 6 acts

H. Linnartz, J. Cami, M. Cordiner, N. L. J.Cox, P. Ehrenfreund, B. Foing, M. Gatchell, and P. Scheier

J Mol Spectrosc 367, 111243 (2020)

Theoretical approach to study the formation of C 2 H 4 O 2 isomers in interstellar medium through reaction between interstellar formaldehyde molecules

A. Ahmad, Shivani, A. Misra, and P. Tandon

Res Astron Astrophys 20, 014 (2020)

Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Solid Methane: Nuclear Spin Conversion of Stable and Metastable Phases

S. M. Emtiaz, F. Toriello, J. He, and G. Vidali

J Phys Chem A 124, 552-559 (2020)

Revealing the CO X-factor in Dark Molecular Gas through Sensitive ALMA Absorption Observations

G. Luo, D. Li, N. Tang, J. R. Dawson, J. M. Dickey, L. Bronfman, S.-L. Qin, S. J. Gibson, R. Plambeck, R. Finger, A. Green, D. Mardones, B.-C. Koo1, and N. Lo

ApJL 889, L4 (2019)

Detection of a Water Tracer in Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov

A. J. McKay, A. L. Cochran, N. Dello Russo, and M. A. DiSanti

ApJL 889, L10 (2019)

Infrared attenuation due to phase change from amorphous to crystalline observed in astrochemical propargyl ether ices

K. K. Rahul, J. K. Meka, S. Pavithraa, P. Gorai, A. Das, J.-I. Lo, B. N. Raja Sekhar, B.-M. Cheng, P. Janardhan, A. Bhardwaj, N. J. Mason, and B. Sivaraman

Spectrochim Acta A 224, 117292 (2020)

A new take on circumstellar carbon chemistry

M. Gatchell

Nature Astron 4, 21-22 (2020)

Regenerative water sources on surfaces of airless bodies

C. Zhu, S. Góbi, M. J. Abplanalp, R. Frigge, J. J. Gillis-Davis, G. Dominguez, K. Miljković;, and R. I. Kaiser

Nature Astron 4, 45-52 (2020)

Prevalence of non-aromatic carbonaceous molecules in the inner regions of circumstellar envelopes

L. Martínez, G. Santoro, P. Merino, M. Accolla, K. Lauwaet, J. Sobrado, H. Sabbah, R. J. Pelaez, V. J. Herrero, I. Tanarro, M. Agúndez, A. Martín-Jimenez, R. Otero, G. J. Ellis, C. Joblin, J. Cernicharo, and J. A. Martín-Gago

Nature Astron 4, 97-105 (2020)

Line Lists for the X1Σ+ State of CS

S. Hou and Z. Wei

ApJS 246, 14 (2020)

The electronic spectrum of C 60

K. Andersson

Chem Phys Lett 739, 136976 (2020)

High-Resolution Gas Phase Spectroscopy of Molecules Desorbed from an Ice Surface: A Proof-of-Principle Study

P. Theulé, C. Endres, M. Hermanns, J.-B. Bossa, and A. Potapov

ACS Earth Space Chem 4, 86-91 (2020)

Highly Accurate Quartic Force Field and Rovibrational Spectroscopic Constants for the Azirinyl Cation (c-C 2 NH 2 +) and Its Isomers

P. Bera, X. Huang, and T. J. Lee

J Phys Chem A 124, 362-370 (2020)

Determination of the Interaction Potential and Rovibrational Structure of the Ground Electronic State of MgAr+ Using PFI-ZEKE Photoelectron Spectroscopy

D. Wehrli, M. Génévriez, C. Kreis, J. A. Agner, and F. Merkt

J Phys Chem A 124, 279-385 (2020)

Dissociative recombination of N 2 H+ ions with electrons in the temperature range of 80-350 K

D. Shapko, P. Dohnal, M. Kassayová, Á. Kálosi, S. Rednyk, Š. Roučka, R. Plašil, L. D. Augustovičová, R. Johnsen, V. Špirko, and J. Glosík

J Chem Phys 152, 024301 (2020)

Vibrational states of deuterated trans- and cis-formic acid: DCOOH, HCOOD, and DCOOD

A. Aerts, P. Carbonnière, F. Richter, and Alex Brown

J Chem Phys 152, x (2020)

Evidence for H 2 Dissociation and Recombination Heat Transport in the Atmosphere of KELT-9b

M. Mansfield, J. L. Bean, K. B. Stevenson, T. D. Komacek, T. J. Bell, X. Tan, M. Malik, T. G. Beatty, I. Wong, N. B. Cowan, L. Dang, J.-M. Désert, J. J. Fortney, B. S. Gaudi, D. Keating, E. M.-R. Kempton, L. Kreidberg, M. R. Line, V. Parmentier, K. G. Stassun, M. R. Swain, and R. T. Zellem

ApJL 888, L15 (2020)

O 2 - and CO-rich Atmospheres for Potentially Habitable Environments on TRAPPIST-1 Planets

R. Hu, L. Peterson, and E. T. Wolf

ApJ 888, 122 (2020)

Formation of Formamide from HCN + H 2 O: A Computational Study on the Roles of a Second H 2 O as a Catalyst, as a Spectator, and as a Reactant

S. Darla, D. Sharma, and S. Sitha

J Phys Chem A 124, 165-175 (2020)

The Submillimeter Rotational Spectrum of Ethylene Glycol up to 890 GHz and Application to ALMA Band 10 Spectral Line Data of NGC 6334I

M. Melosso, L. Dore, F. Tamassia, C. L. Brogan, T. R. Hunter, and B. A. McGuire*

J Phys Chem A 124, 240-246 (2020)

High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of HCF in the CH stretch region

K. D. Doney, A. Kortyna, and D. J. Nesbitt

J Chem Phys 152, 014305 (2020)

Identifiable Acetylene Features Predicted for Young Earth-like Exoplanets with Reducing Atmospheres Undergoing Heavy Bombardment

P. B. Rimmer, M. Ferus, I. P. Waldmann, A. Knížek, D. Kalvaitis, O. Ivanek, P. Kubelík, S. N. Yurchenko, T. Burian, J. Dostál, L. Juha, R. Dudžá9, M. Krůs, J. Tennyson, S. Civiš, A. T. Archibald, and A. Granville-Willett

ApJ 888, 21 (2020)

Formation of Halogen-bearing Species. II. Irradiation of Chloromethane in Carbon Monoxide Ice with VUV Light and Electrons

M.-Y. Lin, T.-P. Huang, P.-Z. Wu, C.-H. Chin, and Y.-J. Wu

ApJ 888, 39 (2020)

Efficient Production of S 8 in Interstellar Ices: The Effects of Cosmic-Ray-driven Radiation Chemistry and Nondiffusive Bulk Reactions

C. N. Shingledecker, T. Lamberts, J. C. Laas, A. Vasyunin, E. Herbst, J. Kästner, and P. Caselli1

ApJ 888, 52 (2020)

Electron-induced vibrational excitation and dissociative electron attachment in methyl formate

R. Kumar T. P., J. Kočišek, K. Bravaya, and J. Fedor

Phys Chem Chem Phys 22, 518-524 (2020)

OCS-CO 2 line broadening coefficients and their temperature dependences for the Earth and Venus atmospheres

N. N. Lavrentieva and A. S. Dudaryonok

Icarus 336, 113452 (2020)

Diurnal variation in Mars equatorial odd oxygen species: Chemical production and loss mechanisms

D. Viúdez-Moreiras, A. Saiz-Lopez, C. S. Blaszczak-Boxe, J. A. Rodriguez Manfredi, and Y. L. Yung

Icarus 336, 113458 (2020)

1D photochemical model of the ionosphere and the stratosphere of Neptune

M. Dobrijevic, J. C. Loison, V. Hue, T. Cavalié, and K. M. Hickson

Icarus 335, 113375 (2020)

A photochemical model of Pluto's atmosphere and ionosphere

V. A. Krasnopolsky

Icarus 335, 113374 (2020)

On Venus' cloud top chemistry, convective activity and topography: A perspective from HST

K.-L. Jessup, E. Marcq, J.-. Bertaux, F. P. Mills, S. Limaye, and A. Roman

Icarus 335, 113372 (2020)

Climatology of SO 2 and UV absorber at Venus' cloud top from SPICAV-UV nadir dataset

E. Marcq, K. L. Jessup, L. Baggio, T. Encrenaz, Y. J. Lee, F. Montmessin, D. Belyaev, O. Korablev, and J.-L. Bertaux

Icarus 335, 113368 (2020)

Post-perihelion volatile production and release from Jupiter-family comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková

N. Dello Russo, H. Kawakita, B. P. Bonev, R. J. Vervack, Jr. E. L.Gibb, Y. Shinnaka, N. X. Roth, M. A.DiSanti, and A. J. McKay

Icarus 335, 113411 (2020)

Experimental study of the reaction of NO 2 – ions with CO 2 molecules at temperatures and energies relevant to the Martian atmosphere

I. Zymak, J. Žabka, M. Polášek, P. Španěl, and D. Smith

Icarus 335, 113416 (2020)

A carbonaceous chondrite and cometary origin for icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn

A. Néri, F. Guyot, B. Reynard, and C. Sotin

Earth Planet Sci Lett 530, 115920 (2020)

Solid-state formation of CO and H 2 CO via the CHOCHO + H reaction

K. Leroux, J.-C. Guillemin, and L. Krim

MNRAS 491, 289-301 (2020)

Sulphur-bearing and complex organic molecules in an infrared cold core

P. P. B. Beaklini, E. Mendoza, C. M. Canelo, I. Aleman, M. Merello, S. Kong, F. Navarete, E. Janot-Pacheco, Z. Abraham, J. R. D. Lépine, A. A. de Almeida, and A. C. S. Friaça

MNRAS 491, 427-439 (2020)

Effect of isotropic collisions with neutral hydrogen on the polarization of the CN solar molecule

S. Qutub, M. Derouich, Y. N. Kalugina, H. Asiri, and F. Lique

MNRAS 491, 1213-1226 (2020)