Joan Enrique-Romero

Joan Enrique-Romero
Leiden University | LEI · Leiden Institute of Chemistry

PhD
PostDoctoral resarcher at Leiden Institute of Chemistry, in the group of Thanja Lamberts

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The chemical network governing interstellar sulfur has been the topic of unrelenting discussion for the past few decades due to the conspicuous discrepancy between its expected and observed abundances in different interstellar environments. More recently, the astronomical detections of CH3CH2SH and CH2CS highlighted the importance of interstellar f...
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Aiming to constrain the surface formation of HCN and HNC in the dense interstellar medium on ice-covered dust grains, we investigate the interaction of CN radicals with H2O and CO ices and their subsequent reactivity with H and H2. CN radicals can physisorb on both ices. However, on H2O ice, a hemibond formation is the most common binding mode, whi...
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The chemical network governing interstellar sulfur has been the topic of unrelenting discussion for the past decades due to the conspicuous discrepancy between its expected and observed abundances in different interstellar environments. More recently, the astronomical detections of CH3CH2SH and CH2CS highlighted the importance of interstellar forma...
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We present our latest quantum chemical study on the reactivity of several radical pairs (specifically targeting CH\(_\textbf{3}\)/HCO + CH\(_\textbf{3}\), HCO, CH\(_\textbf{2}\)OH, CH\(_\textbf{3}\)O, NH\(_\textbf{2}\)) on amorphous water ice surfaces by means of density functional theory calculations. We found that many of the reactions have non-n...
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Context . Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is one of the dominant components of interstellar ices. Recent observations show CO 2 exists more abundantly in polar (H 2 O-dominated) ice than in apolar (H 2 O-poor) ice. Formation of CO 2 ice is primarily attributed to the reaction between CO and OH, which has a barrier. Aims . We investigate the title reaction i...
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CO2 is one of the dominant components of the interstellar ice. Recent observations show CO2 exists more abundantly in polar (H2O-dominated) ice than in apolar (H2O-poor) ice. CO2 ice formation is primarily attributed to the reaction between CO and OH, which has a barrier. Highly accurate quantum chemical calculations were employed to analyze the st...
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We report Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) high-angular resolution (∼50 au) observations of the binary system SVS13-A. More specifically, we analyse deuterated water (HDO) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission. The molecular emission is associated with both the components of the binary system, VLA4A and VLA4B. The spatial distributio...
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We report ALMA high-angular resolution (~ 50 au) observations of the binary system SVS13-A. More specifically, we analyse deuterated water (HDO) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission. The molecular emission is associated with both the components of the binary system, VLA4A and VLA4B. The spatial distribution is compared to that of formamide (NH2CHO), p...
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Binding energies (BEs) are one of the most important parameters for astrochemical modeling determining, because they govern whether a species stays in the gas phase or is frozen on the grain surfaces. It is currently known that, in the denser and colder regions of the interstellar medium, sulfur is severely depleted in the gas phase. It has been su...
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Binding energies (BEs) are one of the most important parameters for astrochemical modeling determining, because they govern whether a species stays in the gas-phase or is frozen on the grain surfaces. It is currently known that, in the denser and colder regions of the interstellar medium, sulphur is severely depleted in the gas phase. It has been s...
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Context. Protostellar jets are an important agent of star formation feedback, tightly connected with the mass-accretion process. The history of jet formation and mass ejection provides constraints on the mass accretion history and on the nature of the driving source. Aims. We characterize the time-variability of the mass-ejection phenomena at work...
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The formation of the interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) is a hot topic in astrochemistry. One of the main paradigms trying to reproduce the observations postulates that iCOMs are formed on the ice mantles covering the interstellar dust grains as a result of radical–radical coupling reactions. We investigate iCOM formation on the icy sur...
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Protostellar jets are an important agent of star formation feedback, tightly connected with the mass-accretion process. The history of jet formation and mass-ejection provides constraints on the mass accretion history and the nature of the driving source. We want to characterize the time-variability of the mass-ejection phenomena at work in the Cla...
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Ethanol (CH3CH2OH) is a relatively common molecule, often found in star-forming regions. Recent studies suggest that it could be a parent molecule of several so-called interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs). However, the formation route of this species remains under debate. In the present work, we study the formation of ethanol through the...
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We present ALMA high-angular resolution ($\sim$ 50 au) observations of the Class I binary system SVS13-A. We report images of SVS13-A in numerous interstellar complex organic molecules: CH$_{\rm 3}$OH, $^{13}$CH$_{\rm 3}$OH, CH$_{\rm 3}$CHO, CH$_{\rm 3}$OCH$_{\rm 3}$, and NH$_{\rm 2}$CHO. Two hot corinos at different velocities are imaged in VLA4A...
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We present ALMA high-angular-resolution (∼50 au) observations of the Class I binary system SVS13-A. We report images of SVS13-A in numerous interstellar complex organic molecules: CH 3 OH, ¹³ CH 3 OH, CH 3 CHO, CH 3 OCH 3 , and NH 2 CHO. Two hot corinos at different velocities are imaged in VLA4A ( V sys = +7.7 km s ⁻¹ ) and VLA4B ( V sys = +8.5 km...
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Ethanol (CH$_3$CH$_2$OH) is a relatively common molecule, often found in star forming regions. Recent studies suggest that it could be a parent molecule of several so-called interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs). Yet, the formation route of this species remains debated. In the present work, we study the formation of ethanol through the rea...
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The formation of the interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) is a hot topic in astrochemistry. One of the main paradigms trying to reproduce the observations postulates that iCOMs are formed on the ice mantles covering the interstellar dust grains as a result of radical--radical coupling reactions. We investigate iCOMs formation on the icy s...
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Context. Interstellar grains are known to be important actors in the formation of interstellar molecules such as H 2 , water, ammonia, and methanol. It has been suggested that the so-called interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) are also formed on the interstellar grain icy surfaces by the combination of radicals via reactions assumed to ha...
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In this thesis I have investigated some of the critical points towards the formation of iCOMs on interstellar icy dust.In particular I have tackled the problem of the synthesis of iCOMs on the surfaces of interstellar dust grains from a theoretical point of view with quantum chemistry calculations. Such calculations have shown that radical—radical...
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Interstellar grains are known to be important actors in the formation of interstellar molecules such as H$_2$, water, ammonia, and methanol. It has been suggested that the so-called interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) are also formed on the interstellar grain icy surfaces by the combination of radicals via reactions assumed to have an ef...
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Molecular hydrogen is the most abundant molecular species in the universe. While no doubts exist that it is mainly formed on the interstellar dust grain surfaces, many details of this process remain poorly known. In this work, we focus on the fate of the energy released by the H 2 formation on the dust icy mantles: how it is partitioned between the...
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Molecular hydrogen is the most abundant molecular species in the Universe. While no doubts exist that it is mainly formed on the interstellar dust grain surfaces, many details of this process remain poorly known. In this work, we focus on the fate of the energy released by the H$_2$ formation on the dust icy mantles, how it is partitioned between t...
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In cold and dense regions of the interstellar medium, such as molecular clouds, more than 200 gas-phase molecular species have been observed by means of infra-red and rotational spectroscopy techniques alongside solid sub-micrometer sized particles called dust grains. These grains are of uttermost importance because their surfaces serve as meeting...
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Formamide is observed in the interstellar medium and it is thought to play an important role as a precursor of prebiotic molecules. In this work we study the reactivity of NH and HCO on the open surface of amorphous ice model, which can either lead to the formation of formamide (through radical-radical coupling) or CO + NH (through direct H-abstrac...
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Molecular clouds are the cold regions of the Milky Way where stars form. They are enriched by rather complex molecules. Many of these molecules are believed to be synthesized on the icy surfaces of the interstellar submicron-sized dust grains that permeate the Galaxy. At 10 K thermal desorption is inefficient and, therefore, why these molecules are...
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Context: Low-mass protostars drive powerful molecular outflows that can be observed with millimetre and submillimetre telescopes. Various sulfuretted species are known to be bright in shocks and could be used to infer the physical and chemical conditions throughout the observed outflows. Aims: The evolution of sulfur chemistry is studied along the...
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Molecular clouds are the cold regions of the Milky Way where stars form. They are enriched by rather complex molecules. Many of these molecules are believed to be synthesized on the icy surfaces of the interstellar submicron-sized dust grains that permeate the Galaxy. At 10 K thermal desorption is ineffcient and, therefore, why these molecules are...
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The formation of interstellar complex organic molecules is currently thought to be dominated by the barrierless coupling between radicals on the interstellar icy grain surfaces. Previous standard density functional theory (DFT) results on the reactivity between CH3 and HCO on amorphous water surfaces showed that the formation of CH4 + CO by H trans...
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Aims. The Seeds Of Life In Space IRAM/NOEMA large program aims at studying a set of crucial complex organic molecules in a sample of sources with a well-known physical structure that covers the various phases of solar-type star formation. One representative object of the transition from the prestellar core to the protostar phases has been observed...
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The SOLIS (Seeds Of Life In Space) IRAM/NOEMA Large Program aims at studying a set of crucial complex organic molecules in a sample of sources, with well-known physical structure, covering the various phases of Solar-type star formation. One representative object of the transition from the prestellar core to the protostar phases has been observed t...
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Formation of interstellar complex organic molecules is currently thought to be dominated by the barrierless coupling between radicals on the interstellar icy grain surfaces. Previous standard DFT results on the reactivity between CH$_3$ and HCO on amorphous water surfaces, showed that formation of CH$_4$ + CO by H transfer from HCO to CH$_3$ assist...
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The latest developments in astrochemistry have shown how some molecular species can be used as a tool to study the early stages of the solar-type star formation process. Among them particularly relevant are the interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) and the deuterated molecules. Their analysis give us information on the present and past his...
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The latest developments in astrochemistry have shown how some molecular species can be used as a tool to study the early stages of the solar-type star formation process. Among them, the more relevant species are the interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) and the deuterated molecules. Their analysis give us information on the present and pas...
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Interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) can be loosely defined as chemical compounds with at least six atoms in which at least one is carbon. The observations of iCOMs in star-forming regions have shown that they contain an important fraction of carbon in a molecular form, which can be used to synthesize more complex, even biotic molecules....
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Interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs)can be loosely defined aschem-ical compounds withat leastsix atoms in which at least one is carbon.The obser-vations of iCOMs in star-forming regions have shown that they contain an important fraction of carbon in a molecular form, which can be used tosynthesize more complex, even biotic molecules. Henc...
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We present the first census of the interstellar Complex Organic Molecules (iCOMs) in the low-mass Class I protostar SVS13-A, obtained by analysing data from the IRAM-30 m Large Project ASAI (Astrochemical Surveys At IRAM). They consist of a high-sensitivity unbiased spectral survey at the 1mm, 2mm, and 3mm IRAM bands. We detected five iCOMs: acetal...
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We present the first census of the interstellar Complex Organic Molecules (iCOMs) in the low-mass Class I protostar SVS13-A, obtained by analysing data from the IRAM-30m Large Project ASAI (Astrochemical Surveys At IRAM). They consist of an high-sensitivity unbiased spectral survey at the 1mm, 2mm and 3mm IRAM bands. We detected five iCOMs: acetald...
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Interstellar formamide (NH2CHO) has recently attracted significant attention due to its potential role as a molecular building block in the formation of precursor biomolecules relevant for the origin of life. Its formation, whether on the surfaces of the interstellar grains or in the gas phase, is currently debated. The present article presents new...
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Complex Organic Molecules (COMs) have been detected in the interstellar medium (ISM). However, it is not clear whether their synthesis occurs on the icy surfaces of interstellar grains or via a series of gas-phase reactions. As a test case of the COMs synthesis in the ISM, we present new quantum chemical calculations on the formation of acetaldehyd...

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