{"id":3494,"date":"2020-01-08T11:11:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T11:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2020-07-02T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:27:59","slug":"first-results-of-astrophysical-relevance-obtained-with-the-stardust-nature-astronomy-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/2020\/01\/08\/first-results-of-astrophysical-relevance-obtained-with-the-stardust-nature-astronomy-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"First results of astrophysical relevance obtained with the Stardust (Nat. Astron. 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The first results of astrophysical relevance obtained with the <em>Stardust<\/em> machine evidence a prevalence of non-aromatic species in the inner regions of circumstellar envelopes <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3493 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/01\/nature-astro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/01\/nature-astro.jpg 1566w, https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/01\/nature-astro-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/01\/nature-astro-644x208.jpg 644w, https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/01\/nature-astro-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/01\/nature-astro-1536x496.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/01\/nature-astro-150x48.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbvaopenmind.com\/ciencia\/fisica\/un-viaje-a-la-ultima-frontera-i-las-atmosferas-de-las-estrellas\/\">https:\/\/www.bbvaopenmind.com\/ciencia\/fisica\/un-viaje-a-la-ultima-frontera-i-las-atmosferas-de-las-estrellas\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This work is part of the results obtained in the framework of the European project ERC Synergy Grant \u201cGas and dust from stars to the laboratory: Exploring the NANOCOSMOS\u201d. In particular, this study represents the first results of astrophysical relevance obtained with <em>Stardust<\/em>, an ultra-high vacuum equipment which combines atomic gas aggregation with advanced in situ characterization techniques. Stardust was designed to simulate cosmic-dust formation and processing in the circumstellar regions of evolved stars. This work explores the nature of the carbonaceous cosmic dust formed from low-pressure gas-phase condensation of carbon atoms in a hydrogen atmosphere, in a ratio of carbon to molecular hydrogen similar to that reported for evolved stars. The results suggest the formation of amorphous carbon nanograins and aliphatic carbon clusters, although polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and fullerenes might not be efficiently formed during gas-phase growth in circumstellar envelopes. Nevertheless, the species that are deposited on dust grains are susceptible to further processing, and dust can catalyse the formation of aromatic species on thermal activation, which could take place as a result of the substantial rise in dust temperature that occurs in highly UV-irradiated environments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-019-0899-4\">Prevalence of non-aromatic carbonaceous molecules in the inner regions of circumstellar envelopes<\/a>, Lidia Mart\u00ednez, Gonzalo Santoro, Pablo Merino, Mario Accolla, Koen Lauwaet, Jes\u00fas Sobrado, Hassan Sabbah, Ram\u00f3n J. Pelaez, Victor J. Herrero, Isabel Tanarro, Marcelino Ag\u00fandez, Alberto Mart\u00edn-Jimenez, Roberto Otero, Gary J. Ellis, Christine Joblin, Jos\u00e9 Cernicharo &amp; Jos\u00e9 A. Mart\u00edn-Gago, Nat. Astron. 4 (2020) 97.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first results of astrophysical relevance obtained with the Stardust machine evidence a prevalence of non-aromatic species in the inner regions of circumstellar envelopes &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Image taken from https:\/\/www.bbvaopenmind.com\/ciencia\/fisica\/un-viaje-a-la-ultima-frontera-i-las-atmosferas-de-las-estrellas\/ This work is part of the results obtained in the framework of the European project ERC\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/2020\/01\/08\/first-results-of-astrophysical-relevance-obtained-with-the-stardust-nature-astronomy-2019\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astrophysics","category-stardust","category-stm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3494"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3782,"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions\/3782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.icmm.csic.es\/esisna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}