Charles J. Law

Charles J. Law

NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) Sagan Fellow

Publications

Author of 75 publications (refereed or under review), including 15 as first author and 7 as second or third author. A full listing of my publications can be found on ADS.

First Author

  1. Law, C. J., Le Gal, R., Yamato, Y, et al. 2025. A Multi-line Analysis of the Distribution and Excitation of CS and H2CS in the HD 163296 Disk”, in press
  2. Law, C. J., Zhang Q., Frommer A., et al. 2025. A Wideband Chemical Survey of Massive Young Stellar Objects at Subarcsecond Resolution with the Submillimeter Array, ApJS, 276, 54
  3. Law, C. J., Benisty M., Facchini S., et al. 2024. Mapping the Vertical Gas Structure of the Planet-hosting PDS 70 Disk, ApJ, 964, 190.
  4. Law, C. J., Alarcón, F., Cleeves, L. I., et al., 2023. C I Traces the Disk Atmosphere in the IM Lup Protoplanetary Disk, ApJL, 959, L27
  5. Law, C. J., Booth, A. S., Öberg, K. I., et al. 2023. SO and SiS Emission Tracing an Embedded Planet and Compact 12CO and 13CO Counterparts in the HD 169142 Disk, ApJL, 952, L19
  6. Law, C. J., Teague, R., Öberg, K. I., et al. 2023. Mapping Protoplanetary Disk Vertical Structure with CO Isotopologue Line Emission, ApJ, 948, 60
  7. Law, C. J., Crystian, S., Teague, R., et al., 2022. CO Line Emission Surfaces and Vertical Structure in Mid-Inclination Protoplanetary Disks, ApJ, 932, 114
  8. Law, C. J., Loomis, R. A., Teague, R., et al., 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) III. Characteristics of Radial Chemical Substructures, ApJS, 257, 3
  9. Law, C. J., Teague, R., Loomis, R. A., et al., 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) IV. Emission Surfaces and Vertical Distribution of Molecules, ApJS, 257, 4
  10. Law, C. J., Zhang, Q., Öberg, K. I., et al., 2021, Subarcsecond Imaging of the Complex Organic Chemistry in Massive Star-Forming Region G10.6-0.4, ApJ, 909, 214
  11. Law, C. J., Milisavljevic, D., Patnaude, D. J., et al., 2020, Three-dimensional Kinematic Reconstruction of the Optically-Emitting, High-Velocity, Oxygen-Rich Ejecta of Supernova Remnant N132D, ApJ, 894, 73
  12. Law, C. J., Zhang, Q., Ricci, L., et al., 2018, Submillimeter Array Observations of Extended CO (J = 2 - 1) Emission in Interacting Galaxy NGC 3627, ApJ, 865, 17
  13. Law, C. J., Öberg, K. I., Bergner, et al., D. 2018, Carbon Chain Molecules Toward Embedded Low-Mass Protostars, ApJ, 863, 88
  14. Law, C. J., Ricci, L., Andrews, S. M., et al., 2017, An SMA Continuum Survey of Circumstellar Disks in the Serpens Star-Forming Region, AJ, 154, 255
  15. Law, C. J., Milisavljevic, D., Crabtree, K. N., et al., 2017, TRES Survey of Variable Diffuse Interstellar Bands, MNRAS, 470, 2835

Second or Third Author

  1. Yoshida, T., Nomura, H., Law, C. J., et al., 2024. Outflow Driven by a Protoplanet Embedded in the TW Hya Disk, ApJL, 971, L15
  2. Booth, A. S., Law, C. J., Temmink, M., et al., 2023. Tracing snowlines and C/O ratio in a planet-hosting disk: ALMA molecular line observations towards the HD 169142 disk, A&A, 678, 146
  3. Sturm, J. A., McClure M. K., Law, C. J., et al., 2023. Modeling the edge-on HH 48 NE protoplanetary disk I. Geometry and stellar parameters, A&A, 677, 17
  4. Muñoz-Romero, C. E., Öberg, K. I., Law, C. J., et al., 2022. Cold Deuterium Fractionation in the Nearest Planet-Forming Disk, ApJ, 943, 35
  5. Teague, R., Law, C. J., Huang, J., et al., 2021. disksurf: Extracting the 3D Structure of Protoplanetary Disks, JOSS, 6, 67
  6. Zhang, K., Booth, A., Law, C. J., et al., 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) V. CO Gas Distributions, ApJS, 257, 5
  7. Guzmán, V. V., Bergner, J. B., Law, C. J., et al., 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) VI. Distribution of the Small Organics HCN, C2H, and H2CO, ApJS, 257, 6

Other Co-Authored Publications

  1. Booth, A. S., Wölfer, L., Temmink, M., Evans, L., Law, C. J., et al. 2025. Ice sublimation in the dynamic HD 100453 disk reveals a rich reservoir of inherited complex organics, ApJL, subm.
  2. Rampinelli, L., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2025. Radial variations in nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen fractionation in the PDS 70 planet-hosting disk, A&A, subm.
  3. Armitage, T., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2025. Tracing Pebble Drift History in Two Protoplanetary Disks with CO Enhancement, ApJ, subm.
  4. Romero-Mirza, C. E., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2025. Irradiated Chemistry in the GM Aur Transition Disk Revealed by JWST MIRI, ApJ, subm.
  5. Boyden, R. D., Emig, K. L., Ballering, N. P., Law, C. J., et al., 2025. Discovery of Radio Recombination Line Emission from Proplyds in the Orion Nebula Cluster, ApJ, subm.
  6. Lewis, B. L., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. Improving Undergraduate Astronomy Students' Skills with Research Literature via Accessible Summaries: A Case Study with Astrobites-based Lesson Plans, subm.
  7. Getman, K. V. et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2025. Multi-Observatory Study of Young Stellar Energetic Flares (MORYSEF): No Evidence for Abnormally Strong Stellar Magnetic Fields After Powerful X-ray Flares, ApJS, in press
  8. Evans, L., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2025. ALMA reveals thermal and non-thermal desorption of methanol ice in the HD 100546 protoplanetary disk, A&A, in press
  9. Temmink, M., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2025. Characterising the molecular line emission in the asymmetric Oph-IRS 48 dust trap: Temperatures, timescales, and sub-thermal excitation, A&A, 693, 101
  10. Getman, K. V., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. Multi-Observatory Research of Young Stellar Energetic Flares (MORYSEF): X-ray Flare Related Phenomena and Multi-epoch Behavior. ApJ, 976, 195
  11. Bergner, J. B., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. JWST ice band profiles reveal mixed ice compositions in the HH 48 NE disk. ApJ, 975, 166
  12. Booth, A. S., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. Measuring the 34S and 33S isotopic ratios of volatile sulfur during planet formation. AJ, 975, 72
  13. Keyte, L., Kama, M., Booth, A. S., Law, C. J., & Leemker, M. 2024. Volatile composition of the planet-hosting disk HD 169142. MNRAS, 534, 4
  14. Yamato, Y., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. Detection of Dimethyl Ether in the MWC 480 Protoplanetary Disk. ApJ, ApJ, 974, 83
  15. Sturm, J. A., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. A JWST/MIRI analysis of the ice distribution and PAH emission in the protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE. A&A, A&A, 689, 92
  16. Rampinelli, L., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. ALMA high resolution observations unveil planet formation shaping molecular emission in the PDS 70 disk. A&A, 689, 65
  17. Tanious, M., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. Anatomy of the Class I protostar L1489 IRS with NOEMA I. Disk, streamers, outflow(s) and bubbles at 3mm. A&A, 687, 92
  18. Booth, A. S., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. An ALMA molecular inventory of warm Herbig Ae disks: II. Abundant complex organics and volatile sulphur in the IRS 48 disk. AJ, 167, 165
  19. Booth, A. S., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. An ALMA molecular inventory of warm Herbig Ae disks: I. Molecular rings, asymmetries and complexity in the HD 100546 disk. AJ, 167, 164
  20. Yoshida, T. C., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. The First Spatially-resolved Detection of 13CN in a Protoplanetary Disk and Evidence for Complex Carbon Isotope Fractionation. ApJ, 966, 63
  21. Muñoz-Romero, C. E., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2024. JWST-MIRI Unveils Reduced and Atypically Variable Water Vapor in the AS 209 Disk. ApJ, 964, 36
  22. Sano, H., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2023. ALMA Observations of Supernova Remnant N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Non-LTE Analysis of Shock-Heated Molecular Clouds. ApJ, 958, 53
  23. Sturm, J. A., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2023. A JWST inventory of protoplanetary disk ices: The edge-on protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE, seen with the Ice Age ERS program. A&A, in press
  24. Waggoner, A. R., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2023. MAPS. Constraining Serendipitous Time Variability in Protoplanetary Disk Molecular Ion Emission. ApJ, 956, 103
  25. Portilla-Revelo, B., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2023. Constraining the gas distribution in the PDS 70 disc as a method to assess the effect of planet-disc interactions. A&A, 677, 76
  26. Sturm, J. A., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2023. Modeling the edge-on HH 48 NE protoplanetary disk II. Ices and silicates. A&A, 677, 18
  27. Galloway-Sprietsma, M., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2023. MAPS. Complex Kinematics in the AS 209 Disk Induced by a Forming Planet and Disk Winds. ApJ, 2023. ApJ, 950, 147
  28. Pegues, J., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2023. An SMA Survey of Chemistry in Disks around Herbig AeBe Stars. ApJ, 948, 57
  29. Banovetz, J., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2023. HST Proper Motion Measurements of Supernova Remnant N132D: Center of Expansion and Age. ApJ, 948, 33
  30. Calahan, J. K., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2022. UV-driven Chemistry as a Signpost of Late-stage Planet Formation. Nature Astronomy, 7, 49
  31. Galván-Madrid, R., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2022. Clustered Formation of Massive Stars within an Ionized Rotating Disk. ApJL, 942, L7
  32. Anderson, A. R., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2022. Protostellar and Protoplanetary Disk Masses in the Serpens-Aquila Region, ApJ, 938, 55
  33. Bae, J., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2022. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). A Circumplanetary Disk Candidate in Molecular Line Emission in the AS 209 Disk, ApJL, 934, L20
  34. Sharda, P, et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. First extragalactic measurement of the turbulence driving parameter: ALMA observations of the star-forming region N159E in the Large Magellanic Cloud, MNRAS, 509, 2
  35. Martín Doménech, R., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Hot corino chemistry in the Class I binary source Ser-emb 11, ApJ, 923, 155
  36. Öberg K. I., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) I. Program Overview and Highlights, ApJS, 257, 1
  37. Czekala, I., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) II. CLEAN Strategies for Synthesizing Images of 257, 2
  38. Bosman, A. D., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) VII. Substellar O/H and C/H and Superstellar C/O in Planet-feeding Gas, ApJS, 257, 7
  39. Alarcón, F., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) VIII. CO Gap in AS 209-Gas Depletion or Chemical Processing?, ApJS, 257, 8
  40. Ilee, J. D., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) IX. Distribution and Properties of the Large Organic 257, 9
  41. Cataldi, G., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) X. Studying Deuteration at High Angular Resolution toward Protoplanetary Disks, ApJS, 257, 10
  42. Bergner, J. B., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XI. CN and HCN as Tracers of Photochemistry in Disks, ApJS, 257, 11
  43. Le Gal, R., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XII. Inferring the C/O and S/H Ratios in Protoplanetary Disks with Sulfur Molecules, ApJS, 257, 12
  44. Aikawa, Y., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XIII. HCO+ and Disk Ionization Structure, ApJS, 257, 13
  45. Sierra, A., Pérez, L. M., Zhang, K., Law, C. J., et al. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XIV. Revealing Disk Substructures in Multiwavelength Continuum Emission, ApJS, 257, 14
  46. Bosman, A. D., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XV. Tracing Protoplanetary Disk Structure within 20 au, ApJS, 257, 15
  47. Booth, A., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XVI. Characterizing the Impact of the Molecular Wind on the Evolution of the HD 163296 System, ApJS, 257, 16
  48. Calahan, J., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XVII. Determining the 2D Thermal Structure of the HD 163296 Disk, ApJS, 257, 17
  49. Teague, R., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XVIII. Kinematic Substructures in the Disks of HD 163296 and MWC 480, ApJS, 257, 18
  50. Huang, J., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XIX. Spiral Arms, a Tail, and Diffuse Structures Traced by CO around the GM Aur Disk, ApJS, 257, 19
  51. Schwarz, K., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.), 2021. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XX. The Massive Disk Around GM Aurigae, ApJS, 257, 20
  52. Sano, H., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.). 2020, ALMA CO Observations of Gamma-Ray Supernova Remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Possible Evidence for Shocked Molecular Clouds Illuminated by Cosmic-Ray Protons, ApJ, 902, 53
  53. Le Gal, R., et al. (incl. Law, C. J.). 2020, A 3mm chemical exploration of small organics in Class I YSOs ApJ, 898, 131