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Javier R. Goicoechea is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and is an active researcher in the fields of physics and astronomy, as well as chemistry. Their work primarily focuses on astrophysics and star formation studies, atmospheric ozone and climate, and molecular spectroscopy and structure.

The scientist has a record of publications widely appearing in prominent venues. Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • EPJ Web of Conferences

Main fields of study for Goicoechea are Physics and Astronomy with 183 publications and Chemistry with 63 publications. Subfields of research include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Organic Chemistry

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Maryvonne Gérin
  • Émeric Bron
  • Franck Le Petit
  • Olivier Berné
  • A. Fuente

Recent publications by Javier R. Goicoechea cover a range of topics mainly related to star formation and molecular clouds. Selected recent papers include:

  • Water in star-forming regions: physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • PDRs4All, 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS), 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • PDRs4All: A JWST Early Release Science Program on Radiative Feedback from Massive Stars, 2022, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • Formation of the methyl cation by photochemistry in a protoplanetary disk, 2023, Nature

Best Publications

  • Water in star-forming regions with the Herschel Space Observatory (WISH). I. Overview of key program and first results

    E. F. van Dishoeck;L. E. Kristensen;A. O. Benz;E. A. Bergin

  • Herschel Survey of Galactic OH+, H2O+, and H3O+: Probing the Molecular Hydrogen Fraction and Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate

    N. Indriolo;D.A. Neufeld;M. Gerin;P. Schilke

  • A line confusion limited millimeter survey of Orion KL I. Sulfur carbon chains

    B. Tercero;J. Cernicharo;J. R. Pardo;J. R. Goicoechea

  • Astronomical identification of CN - , the smallest observed molecular anion

    M. Agúndez;J. Cernicharo;M. Guélin;C. Kahane

  • Interstellar OH+, H2O+ and H3O+ along the sight-line to G10.6-0.4

    Maryvonne Gerin;M. De Luca;John Black;Eric Herbst

  • Water in star forming regions with Herschel (WISH) III. Far-infrared cooling lines in low-mass young stellar objects

    A. Karska;G. J. Herczeg;E. F. van Dishoeck;S. F. Wampfler

  • Interstellar OH+, H2O+ and H3O+ along the sight-line to G10.6–0.4

    M. Gerin;M. De Luca;J. Black;J. R. Goicoechea

  • THE CHEMISTRY OF INTERSTELLAR OH+, H2O+, AND H3O+: INFERRING THE COSMIC-RAY IONIZATION RATES FROM OBSERVATIONS OF MOLECULAR IONS

    David Hollenbach;M. J. Kaufman;D. Neufeld;M. Wolfire

  • Interstellar Hydrides

    Maryvonne Gerin;David A. Neufeld;Javier R. Goicoechea

  • Herschel/HIFI observations of interstellar OH+ and H2O+ towards W49N: a probe of diffuse clouds with a small molecular fraction

    D. A. Neufeld;J. R. Goicoechea;P. Sonnentrucker;J. H. Black

  • Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources: the present and future of spectral surveys with Herschel/HIFI

    E. A. Bergin;T. G. Phillips;C. Comito;N. R. Crockett

  • Herschel Measurements of Molecular Oxygen in Orion

    Paul F. Goldsmith;Rene Liseau;Tom A. Bell;John H. Black

  • Far-infrared detection of C3 in Sagittarius B2 and IRC +10216

    José Cernicharo;Javier R. Goicoechea;Emmanuel Caux

  • Velocity-resolved [CII] emission and [CII]/FIR Mapping along Orion with Herschel

    J.R. Goicoechea;D. Teyssier;M. Etxaluze;P.F. Goldsmith

  • Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources (HEXOS): the present and future of spectral surveys with Herschel/HIFI.

    E. A. Bergin;T. G. Phillips;C. Comito;N. R. Crockett

  • The chemistry of ions in the Orion Bar I. - CH+, SH+, and CF+: The effect of high electron density and vibrationally excited H2 in a warm PDR surface

    Z. Nagy;F.F.S. Van der Tak;V. Ossenkopf;M. Gerin

  • Detection of hydrogen fluoride absorption in diffuse molecular clouds with Herschel/HIFI: a ubiquitous tracer of molecular gas

    P. Sonnentrucker;D. A. Neufeld;T. G. Phillips;M. Gerin

  • Herschel Measurements of Molecular Oxygen in Orion

    Paul F. Goldsmith;René Liseau;Tom A. Bell;John H. Black

  • Multi-line detection of O2 toward rho Oph A

    R. Liseau;P. F. Goldsmith;B. Larsson;L. Pagani

  • Water in star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH) - III. Far-infrared cooling lines in low-mass young stellar objects

    A. Karska;G. J. Herczeg;E. F. van Dishoeck;S. F. Wampfler;S. F. Wampfler

Frequent Co-Authors

José Cernicharo
José Cernicharo Spanish National Research Council
Maryvonne Gerin
Maryvonne Gerin École Normale Supérieure
David A. Neufeld
David A. Neufeld Johns Hopkins University
F. F. S. van der Tak
F. F. S. van der Tak Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Dariusz C. Lis
Dariusz C. Lis California Institute of Technology
Emmanuel Caux
Emmanuel Caux Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Arnold O. Benz
Arnold O. Benz ETH Zurich
Thomas G. Phillips
Thomas G. Phillips California Institute of Technology
John H. Black
John H. Black Chalmers University of Technology
Carsten Dominik
Carsten Dominik University of Amsterdam

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