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Planet formation in chemically diverse and evolving discs -- I. Composition of planetary building blocks
E. Pacetti, E. Schisano, D. Turrini, C. P. Dullemond, S. Molinari, C. Walsh, S. Fonte, U. Lebreuilly, R. S. Klessen, P. Hennebelle, S. L. Ivanovski, R. Politi, D. Polychroni, P. Simonetti, L. Testi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.…

Planet formation in chemically diverse and evolving discs -- I. Composition of planetary building blocks
Protoplanetary discs are dynamic environments where the interplay between chemical processes and mass transport shapes the composition of gas and dust available for planet formation. We investigate the combined effects of volatile chemistry - including both gas-phase and surface reactions - viscous gas evolution, and radial dust drift on the composition of planetary building blocks. We explore scenarios of chemical inheritance and reset under varying ionisation conditions and for various dust g…

PDRs4All XIV: CH radical and $H_3^ $ molecular ion in the irradiated protoplanetary disk d203-506
I. Schroetter, O. Bern\'e, J. R. Goicoechea, J. H. Black, O. Roncero, F. Alarcon, P. Amiot, O. Asvany, C. Boersma, S. Br\"unken, J. Cami, L. Coudert, E. Dartois, A. Fuente, B. Gans, A. Gusdorf, U. Jacovella, M. A. Martin Drumel, T. Onaka, E. Peeters, E. Roueff, A. G. G. M. Tielens, M. Zannese

PDRs4All XIV: CH radical and $H_3^+$ molecular ion in the irradiated protoplanetary disk d203-506
Most protoplanetary disks experience a phase in which they are subjected to strong ultraviolet radiation from nearby massive stars. This UV radiation can substantially alter their chemistry by producing numerous radicals and molecular ions. In this Letter we present detailed analysis of the JWST-NIRSpec spectrum of the d203-506 obtained as part of the PDRs4All Early Release Science program. Using state-of-the-art spectroscopic data, we searched for species using a multi-molecule fitting tool, P…

Self-gravity in thin protoplanetary discs: 1. The smoothing-length approximation versus the exact self-gravity kernel
S. Rendon Restrepo, T. Rometsch, U. Ziegler, O. Gressel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10812

Self-gravity in thin protoplanetary discs: 1. The smoothing-length approximation versus the exact self-gravity kernel
Planet-forming discs often contain structures like spiral arms, typically linked to the disc's gravitational forces. In 2D models, an ad hoc softening prescription is commonly used for self-gravity, but this overlooks the vertical structure's impact, suppresses the Newtonian nature of gravity at short distances and doesn't respect Newton's third law. To address these issues, associated with a Plummer potential approximation, we developed an exact self-gravity kernel for thin, hydrostatically …

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Performance Portable Monte Carlo Neutron Transport in MCDC via Numba
Finding a software engineering approach that allows for portability, rapid development, and open collaboration for high-performance computing on GPUs and CPUs is a challenge. We implement a portability scheme using the Numba compiler for Python in Monte Carlo / Dynamic Code (MC/DC), a new neutron transport application for rapidly developing Monte Carlo. Using this scheme, we have built MC/DC as an application that can run as a pure Python, compiled CPU, or compiled GPU solver. In GPU mode, we u…

Design and implementation of the constant fraction discriminator for glass MRPC timing
L. L. Kurchaninov (TRIUMF), E. A. Ladygin (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), V. P. Ladygin (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), A. A. Semak (Institute for High Energy Physics, National Research Center Kurchatov Institute)
https://arxiv…

Design and implementation of the constant fraction discriminator for glass MRPC timing
The analog front-end electronics based on the constant fraction discrimination method is designed and optimized for the Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) timing measurements. The total time resolution of 40 ps has been obtained for 10 and 12 gaps MRPCs using cosmic setup and a muon beam at the IHEP U-70 accelerator in Protvino, which complies with the conditions of the SPD experiment at NICA.