Felipe Alarcón Peña

I am a Ph.D. in Astronomy. I am mostly interested in the discovery of protoplanets and the chemistry of planet formation.

Publication List

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Publications: : 53 refereed publications (9 as 1st author + 5 as 2nd author)

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ORCID: 0000-0002-2692-7862

Number of Citations: 2307 (NASA/ADS)

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1st Author Papers:

  1. Alarcón, F., Chowbay, Facchini et al, accepted for publication in A\&A Letters. EK Cha b: multi-tracer detection of a planetary-mass companion candidate in a gas-rich environment.

  2. Alarcón, F., Facchini, Trapman et al, ApJL, 1000, L32. exoALMA. XXIV. Formaldehyde Emission in Protoplanetary Disks of exoALMA Compared with Their Properties and Dynamical State.

  3. Yoshida, Alarcón et al, ApJL, 999, L22 (2026). *shared first authorship Silicon Sulfide Isotopologues Reveal Silicate Sublimation in the Outer Disk of PDS 66

  4. Alarcón, F. , Bergin, E., Cugno, G., ApJ, 966, 225 (2024) Extinction Values toward Embedded Planets in Protoplanetary Disks Estimated from Hydrodynamic Simulations

  5. Alarcón, F. & Bergin, Edwin, ApJ, 967, 144 (2024) Thermal Structure and Millimeter Emission of Protoplanetary Disk with embedded protoplanets from radiative transfer modeling

  6. Alarcón, F., Casassus, S., Lyra, W., Pérez, S., Cieza, L., MNRAS, 527, 9655 (2024). Viscous heating as the dominant heat source inside the water snowline of V883 Ori

  7. Alarcón, F., Bergin, E. A., Teague, R. 2022, ApJL, 941, L24, doi: 10.3847/2041- 8213/aca6e6 A localized kinematic structure detected in atomic carbon emission spatially coincident with a proposed protoplanet in the HD 163296 disk

  8. Alarcón, F., Bosman, A., Bergin, E., et al. 2021, ApJS. 257, 8. “Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales(MAPS) VIII: CO Gap in AS 209–Gas Depletion or Chemical Process- ing?”

  9. Alarcón, F., Teague, R., Zhang, K., Bergin, E. A., Barraza-Alfaro, M. 2020, ApJ, 905, 68, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc1d6. Chemical Evolution in a Proto- planetary Disk with Planet Carved Gaps and Dust Rings.

Other Refereed Papers(* denotes 2nd author):

Major and/or Significant Contributions:

    • Van Clepper,E., Alarcón,F., Ciesla et al. ApJL, 994, L44 (2025) “Dust Recycling in Protoplanetary Disks: A Novel Method of Volatile Enrichment in Embedded Giant Planets”
    • Raul, E., Alarcón, F., and Bergin, E. ApJ, 982, 155 (2025) “Tracking the Chemical Evolution of Hydrocarbons Through Carbon Grain Supply in Protoplanetary Disks”
    • Law, C.L.,Alarcón, F., Cleeves, I., et al. 2023, ApJL, 959, L27 (2023). “C I Traces the Disk Atmosphere in the IM Lup Protoplanetary Disk”
    • Bosman, A. D.,Alarcón, F., Bergin, E. A., et al. ApJS, 257, 7 (2021). “Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales(MAPS) VI: Sub-stellar O/H and C/H and super-stellar in planet feeding gas”
    • Bosman, A. D.,Alarcón, F., Zhang, K., Bergin, E. A. 2021a, ApJ, 910, 3, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abe127. Destruction of Refractory Carbon Grains Drives the Final Stage of Protoplanetary Disk Chemistry.

  6. Cugno, Facchini, \textbf{Alarcón} et al. A\&A, 170, 317 (2025) “Direct Measurement of Extinction in a Planet-Hosting Gap ”

  7. Van De Putte, Meshaka, Trahin et al. A\&A, 687, A86 (2024) “PDRs4All. VIII. Mid-infrared emission line inventory of the Orion Bar”

  8. Berné, Habart, Peeters et al. Sci, 383, 988 (2024) “A far-ultraviolet–driven photoevaporation flow observed in a protoplanetary disk”

  9. Berné, Martin-Drumel, Schroetter et al. Nature, 621, 56 (2023) “Formation of the methyl cation by photochemistry in a protoplanetary disk”

  10. Chown, Sidhu, Peeters et al. A\&A, 685, A75 (2024) “PDRs4All. IV. An embarrassment of riches: Aromatic infrared bands in the Orion Bar”

  11. Schwarz, Calahan, Zhang et al. ApJS, 257, 20 (2021) “Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales. XX. The Massive Disk around GM Aurigae”

Author Contributions and/or Data Reduction:

  1. Calahan, Dziire, Öberg et al ApJ, 1004, 213 “JWST-DECO: The Impact of Accretion on Mid-Infrared Observable Water in Planet-forming Disks.”

  2. Maragkoudakis, Boersma, Peeters et al. A\&A, 709, A38 (2026) “PDRs4All: XIX. The evolution of the PAH ionisation and PAH size distribution across the Orion Bar.”

  3. Khan, Daza Rodriguez, Peeters et al. A\&A, 709, A39 (2026) “PDRs4All: XX. The 6 to 9$\mu$m region as a probe of PAH charge and size in the Orion Bar.”

  4. Armitage, Williams, Zhang et al. ApJ, 998, 308 (2026) “Tracing Pebble Drift History in Two Protoplanetary Disks with CO Enhancement”

  5. Romero-Mirza, Öberg, Banzatti et al. ApJ, 991, 128 (2025) “JWST-MIRI Observations of the Irradiated Chemistry in the Inner Disk Cavity of GM Aur.”

  6. Schroetter, Berné, Goicoechea et al. arXiv, arXiv:2506.05186 (2025) “PDRs4All XV: CH radical and H$_3^+$ molecular ion in the irradiated protoplanetary disk d203-506”

  7. Khan, Abbott, Peeters et al. A&A, 699, A133 (2025) “PDRs4All: XIV. Probing CH out-of-plane bending modes of PAH molecules in the Orion Bar with JWST”

  8. Schroetter, Berné, Bron et al. Nat Astron (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02596-6 “A solar C/O ratio in planet-forming gas at 1 au in a highly irradiated disk”

  9. Chown, Okada, Peeters et al. A&A, 698, A86 (2025) “PDRs4All: XIII. Empirical prescriptions for the interpretation of JWST imaging observations of star-forming regions”

  10. Goicoechea, Pety, Cuadrado et al. A&A, 696, A100 (2025) “PDRs4All: XII. Far-ultraviolet-driven formation of simple hydrocarbon radicals and their relation with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons”

  11. Goicoechea, Le Bourlot, Black et al. A&A, 689, L4 (2024) “PDRs4All: X. ALMA and JWST detection of neutral carbon in the externally irradiated disk d203-506: Undepleted gas-phase carbon”

  12. Fuente, Roueff, Le Petit et al. A&A, 687, A87 (2024) “PDRs4All. IX. Sulfur elemental abundance in the Orion Bar”

  13. Schroetter, Berné, Joblin et al. A&A, 685, A78 (2024) “PDRs4All. VII. The 3.3 μm aromatic infrared band as a tracer of physical properties of the interstellar medium in galaxies”

  14. Pasquini, Peeters, Schefter et al. A&A, 685, A77 (2024) “PDRs4All. VI. Probing the photochemical evolution of PAHs in the Orion Bar using machine learning techniques”

  15. Zannese, Tabone, Habart et al. NatAs, 8, 577 (2024) “OH as a probe of the warm-water cycle in planet-forming disks”

  16. Changala, Chen, Li et al. A&A, 680, A19. “Astronomical CH3+ rovibrational assignments. A combined theoretical and experimental study validating observational findings in the d203-506 UV-irradiated protoplanetary disk”

  17. Elyajouri, Ysard, Abergel et al. A&A, 685, A76 (2024) “PDRs4All. V. Modelling the dust evolution across the illuminated edge of the Orion Bar”

  18. Peeters, Habart, Berné et al. A&A, 685, A74 (2024) “PDRs4All: III. JWST’s NIR spectroscopic view of the Orion Bar”

  19. Habart, Peeters, Berné et al. A&A, 685, A73 (2024) “PDRs4All. II. JWST’s NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula”

  20. Galloway-Sprietsma, M., Bae, J., Teague, R., et al. 2023, ApJ, 950, 147, Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS): Complex Kinematics in the AS 209 Disk Induced by a Forming Planet and Disk Winds. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/accae4

  21. Bae, J., Teague, R., Andrews, S. M., et al. 2022, 934, L20. doi:10.3847/2041- 8213/ac7fa3. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS): A Cir- cumplanetary Disk Candidate in Molecular-line Emission in the AS 209 Disk.

  22. Berné O., Habart ́E., Peeters E., Abergel A., Bergin E. A., Bernard-Salas J., Bron E., et al., 2022, PASP, 134, 054301. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ac604c. PDRs4All: A JWST Early Release Science Program on Radiative Feedback from Massive Stars.

  23. Öberg, K. I., Guzman, V. V., Walsh, C., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06268. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06268. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) I: Program Overview and Highlights.

  24. Law, C. J., Loomis, R. A., Teague, R., et al. 2021a, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06210. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06210. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) III: Characteristics of Radial Chemical Substructures.

  25. Law, C. J., Teague, R., Loomis, R. A., et al. 2021b, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06217. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06217. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) IV: Emission Surfaces and Vertical Distribution of Molecules.

  26. Zhang, K., Booth, A. S., Law, C. J., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06233. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06233. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) V: CO gas distributions.

  27. Guzmán, V. V., Bergner, J. B., Law, C. J., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06391. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06391. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) VI: Distribution of the small organics HCN, C2H, and H2CO.

  28. Bosman, A. D., Bergin, E. A., Loomis, R. A., et al. 2021b, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06223. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06223. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XV. Tracing protoplanetary disk structure within 20 au.

  29. Calahan, J. K., Bergin, E. A., Zhang, K., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06202. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06202. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XVII: Determining the 2D Thermal Structure of the HD 163296 Disk.

  30. Pérez, S.,Casassus, S., Hales, A., et al. 2020, ApJ, 889, L24. Long Baseline Observations of the HD 100546 Protoplanetary Disk with ALMA

  31. Baruteau, C., Barraza, M., P ́erez, S., et al. 2019, MNRAS, 486, 304. Dust traps in the protoplanetary disc MWC 758: two vortices produced by two giant planets?

  32. Casassus S. et al., 2019, MNRAS, 483, 3278. Cm-wavelength observations of MWC 758: resolved dust trapping in a vortex

  33. Casassus S. et al., 2018, MNRAS, 477, 5104. An inner warp in the DoAr 44 T Tauri transition disc