Publications

Listed below are, in reversed chronological order within each category, my: ■ first authored journal publications, ■ co-authored journal publications, ■ selected conference contributions, ■ an article aimed at the general public, and ■ PhD thesis.
The listing available through the NASA ADS database should also give you a complete overview.

First authored journal publications

  • Jun 2019, A&A 626, A93 [ADS | arXiv | data products]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: gas dynamics in IRAS 16293-2422 and the connection between its two protostars

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, S.K. Jacobsen, J.K. Jørgensen, T.L. Bourke, L.E. Kristensen, and other PILS friends

  • Sep 2016, A&A 593, A37 [ADS | arXiv | data products]

    Three-dimensional distribution of hydrogen fluoride gas toward NGC6334 I and I(N)

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, D.A. Naylor, G. Makiwa, M. Satta, A. Abergel

  • Nov 2014, MNRAS 444, 3911–3925 [ADS | arXiv | data products]

    Signatures of warm carbon monoxide in protoplanetary discs observed with Herschel SPIRE

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, D.A. Naylor, I. Kamp, F. Ménard, W.-F. Thi, P. Woitke, G. Olofsson, K.M. Pontoppidan, J. Di Francesco, A.M. Glauser, J.S. Greaves, R.J. Ivison

  • May 2013, A&A 553, A11 [ADS | arXiv]

    The HIFI spectral survey of AFGL2591 (CHESS). I. Highly excited linear rotor molecules in the high-mass protostellar envelope

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, L. Pagani, F.F.S. van der Tak, M. Kaźmierczak, C. Ceccarelli

  • Aug 2011, A&A 532, A88 [ADS | arXiv]

    The JCMT Spectral Legacy Survey: physical structure of the molecular envelope of the high-mass protostar AFGL2591

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, F.F.S. van der Tak, M. Spaans, G.A. Fuller, R. Plume, H. Roberts, J.L. Williams

  • Oct 2010, A&A 521, L43 [ADS | arXiv]

    Herschel/HIFI observations of spectrally resolved methylidyne signatures toward the high-mass star-forming core NGC6334I

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, F.F.S. van der Tak, D.C. Lis, M. Spaans, the CHESS and HIFI teams

  • Apr 2009, A&A 498, 161–165 [ADS | arXiv]

    Chemical stratification in the Orion Bar: JCMT Spectral Legacy Survey observations

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, F.F.S. van der Tak, V. Ossenkopf, M. Spaans, H. Roberts, G.A. Fuller, R. Plume

  • Nov 2008, A&A 490, 655–664 [ADS | arXiv]

    Characterizing star formation activity in infrared dark cloud MSXDC G048.65-00.29

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, R.F. Shipman

Co-authored journal publications

  • Sep 2023, A&A 677, A62 [ADS | arXiv]

    Possible episodic infall towards a compact disk in B335

    P. Bjerkeli, J.P. Ramsey, D. Harsono, A. Plunkett, Z.-Y. Li, M.H.D. van der Wiel, H. Calcutt, J.K. Jørgensen, L.E. Kristensen

  • Feb 2021, A&A 646, A72 [ADS | arXiv]

    Resolved molecular line observations reveal an inherited molecular layer in the young disk around TMC1A

    D. Harsono, M.H.D. van der Wiel, P. Bjerkeli, J.P. Ramsey, H. Calcutt, L.E. Kristensen, J.K. Jørgensen

  • Apr 2020, MNRAS 494, 5110-5117 [ADS | arXiv]

    LOFAR 144-MHz follow-up observations of GW170817

    J.W. Broderick, T.W. Shimwell, K. Gourdji, A. Rowlinson, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Mar 2020, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate 10, 10 [ADS | arXiv]

    A LOFAR observation of ionospheric scintillation from two simultaneous travelling ionospheric disturbances

    R.A. Fallows, B. Forte, I. Astin, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Nov 2019, A&A 631, A64 [ADS | arXiv]

    Kinematics around the B335 protostar down to au scales

    P. Bjerkeli, J.P. Ramsey, D. Harsono, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Nov 2019, A&A 631, A58 [ADS | arXiv]

    VLA cm-wave survey of young stellar objects in the Oph A cluster: constraining extreme UV- and X-ray-driven disk photoevaporation. A pathfinder for Square Kilometre Array studies

    A. Coutens, H.B. Liu, I. Jiménez-Serra, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Mar 2019, A&A 623, A69 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: The first detection of doubly-deuterated methyl formate (CHD2OCHO) in the ISM

    S. Manigand, H. Calcutt, J.K. Jørgensen, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Feb 2019, A&A 622, A1 [ADS | arXiv]

    The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey. II. First data release

    T.W. Shimwell, C. Tasse, M.J. Hardcastle, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Oct 2018, A&A 619, A28 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: Stringent limits on small amines and nitrogen-oxides towards IRAS 16293-2422B

    N.F.W. Ligterink, H. Calcutt, A. Coutens, et al., incl M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Sep 2018, A&A 617, A120 [ADS | arXiv]

    Tracing the cold and warm physico-chemical structure of deeply embedded protostars: IRAS 16293-2422 vs. VLA 1623-2417

    N.M. Murillo, E.F. van Dishoeck, M.H.D. van der Wiel, J.K. Jørgensen, M.N. Drozdovskaya, H. Calcutt, D. Harsono

  • Aug 2018, A&A 616, A90 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: Complex nitriles towards IRAS 16293–2422

    H. Calcutt, J.K. Jørgensen, H.S.P. Müller, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Jun 2018, Nature Astronomy 2, 646–651 [press release | read-only full access | ADS | arXiv]

    Evidence for the start of planet formation in a young circumstellar disk

    D. Harsono, P. Bjerkeli, M.H.D. van der Wiel, J.P. Ramsey, L.T. Maud, L.E. Kristensen, J.K. Jørgensen

  • Jun 2018, ApJ 860, 23 [ADS | arXiv]

    A thorough view of the nuclear region of NGC 253 - Combined Herschel, SOFIA and APEX dataset

    J.P. Pérez-Beaupuits, R. Güsten, A. Harris, M.A. Requena-Torres, K.M. Menten, A. Weiß, E. Polehampton, M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Jun 2018, MNRAS 476, 4949–4964 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: The sulphur connection between protostars and comets: IRAS 16293-2422 B and 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

    M.N. Drozdovskaya, E.F. van Dishoeck, J.K. Jørgensen, U. Calmonte, M.H.D. van der Wiel, et al.

  • Apr 2018, A&A 612, A107 [ADS | arXiv]

    First detection of cyanamide (NH2CN) towards solar-type protostars

    A. Coutens, E.R. Willis, R.T. Garrod, H.S.P. Müller, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Apr 2018, A&A 612, A72 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: 3D modeling of the envelope, disks and dust filament of IRAS 16293-2422

    S.K. Jacobsen, J.K. Jørgensen, M.H.D. van der Wiel, H. Calcutt, et al.

  • Mar 2018, MNRAS 475, 321–330 [ADS | arXiv]

    Correcting the extended-source calibration for the Herschel-SPIRE Fourier-transform spectrometer

    I. Valtchanov, R. Hopwood, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Feb 2018, A&A 610, A54 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: Formaldehyde deuteration in warm gas on small scales toward IRAS 16293-2422 B

    M.V. Persson, J.K. Jørgensen, H.S.P. Müller, A. Coutens, E.F. van Dishoeck, V. Taquet, H. Calcutt, M.H.D. van der Wiel, T.L. Bourke, S.F. Wampfler

  • Nov 2017, ApJ 849, 63 [ADS | arXiv]

    Far-infrared to millimeter data of protoplanetary disks: dust growth in the Taurus, Ophiuchus, and Chamaeleon I star-forming regions

    Á. Ribas, C. Espaillat, E. Macías, H. Bouy, S. Andrews, N. Calvet, D.A. Naylor, P. Riviere-Marichalar, M.H.D. van der Wiel, D. Wilner

  • Oct 2017, Nature Astronomy 1, 703–708 [press release | ADS]

    Protostellar and cometary detections of organohalogens

    E.C. Fayolle, K.I. Öberg, J.K. Jørgensen, K. Altwegg, H. Calcutt, H.S.P. Müller, M. Rubin, M.H.D. van der Wiel, et al.

  • Jan 2017, A&A 597, A53 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: First detections of ethylene oxide, acetone and propanal toward the low-mass protostar IRAS 16293-2422

    J.M. Lykke, A. Coutens, J.K. Jørgensen, M.H.D. van der Wiel, R.T. Garrod, H S.P. Müller, et al.

  • Dec 2016, Nature 540, 406–409 [press release | read-only full access | ADS | arXiv]

    Resolved images of a protostellar outflow driven by an extended disk wind

    P. Bjerkeli, M.H.D. van der Wiel, D. Harsono, J.P. Ramsey, J.K. Jørgensen

  • Nov 2016, A&A 595, A117 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA Protostellar Interferometric Line Survey (PILS). First results from an unbiased submillimeter wavelength line survey of the Class 0 protostellar binary IRAS 16293-2422 with ALMA

    J.K. Jørgensen, M.H.D. van der Wiel, A. Coutens, J.M. Lykke, H.S.P. Müller, E.F. van Dishoeck, et al.

  • Jun 2016, A&A 590, L6 [ADS | arXiv]

    The ALMA-PILS survey: First detections of deuterated formamide and deuterated isocyanic acid in the interstellar medium

    A. Coutens, J.K. Jørgensen, M.H.D. van der Wiel, H.S.P. Müller, J.M. Lykke, et al.

  • May 2016, MNRAS 458, 2150–2160 [ADS | arXiv]

    Far-infrared/sub-millimetre properties of pre-stellar cores L1521E, L1521F and L1689B as revealed by the Herschel SPIRE instrument — I. Central positions

    G. Makiwa, D.A. Naylor, M.H.D. van der Wiel, D. Ward-Thompson, J.M. Kirk, S. Eyres, A. Abergel, M. Köhler

  • May 2015, MNRAS 449, 2274–2303 [ADS | arXiv]

    Systematic characterisation of the Herschel SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer

    R. Hopwood, E.T. Polehampton, I. Valtchanov, B.M. Swinyard, T. Fulton, N. Lu, N. Marchili, M.H.D. van der Wiel, D. Benielli, P. Imhof, J.-P. Baluteau, C. Pearson, et al.

  • Mar 2015, ApJ 801, 72 [ADS | arXiv]

    The Herschel Comprehensive (U)LIRG Emission Survey (HerCULES): CO Ladders, fine structure lines, and neutral gas cooling

    M.J.F. Rosenberg, P.P. van der Werf, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Feb 2015, A&A 574, A97 [ADS | arXiv]

    Spatial variation of the cooling lines in the reflection nebula NGC 7023

    J. Bernard-Salas, E. Habart, M. Köhler, A. Abergel, H. Arab, V. Lebouteiller, C. Pinto, M.H.D. van der Wiel, G.J. White, M. Hoffmann

  • Feb 2015, A&A 574, A71 [ADS | arXiv]

    The HIFI spectral survey of AFGL 2591 (CHESS). III. Chemical structure of the protostellar envelope

    M. Kaźmierczak-Barthel, D.A. Semenov, F.F.S. van der Tak, L. Chavarría, M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Sep 2014, A&A 569, A109 [ADS | arXiv]

    Physical structure of the photodissociation regions in NGC 7023. Observations of gas and dust emission with Herschel

    M. Köhler, E. Habart, H. Arab, J. Bernard-Salas, H. Ayasso, A. Abergel, A. Zavagno, E. Polehampton, M.H.D. van der Wiel, et al.

  • Jul 2014, Experimental Astronomy, 37, 357–367 [ADS | arXiv]

    Herschel SPIRE FTS Spectral Mapping Calibration

    D. Benielli, E. Polehampton, R. Hopwood, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Jun 2014, MNRAS 440, 3658–3674 [ADS | arXiv]

    Calibration of the Herschel SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer

    B.M. Swinyard, E.T. Polehampton, R. Hopwood, et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Nov 2013, Canadian Journal of Physics 91, 11, 870–878 [ADS | arXiv]

    Astronomical imaging Fourier spectroscopy at far-infrared wavelengths

    D.A. Naylor, B.G. Gom, M.H.D. van der Wiel, G. Makiwa

  • Aug 2013, A&A 556, A116 [ADS | arXiv]

    Observing extended sources with the Herschel SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer

    R. Wu, E.T. Polehampton, M. Etxaluze, G. Makiwa, D.A. Naylor, C. Salji, B.M. Swinyard, M. Ferlet, M.H.D. van der Wiel, et al.

  • Jun 2013, Applied Optics 52 (16), 3864 [ADS]

    Beam profile for the Herschel-SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer

    G. Makiwa, D.A. Naylor, M. Ferlet, C. Salji, B. Swinyard, E. Polehampton, M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Sep 2012, ApJ 756, 136 [ADS | arXiv]

    Hydrogen fluoride in high-mass star-forming regions

    M. Emprechtinger, R.R. Monje, F.F.S. van der Tak, M.H.D. van der Wiel, D.C. Lis, D. Neufeld, T.G. Philips, C. Ceccarelli

  • Jan 2012, A&A 537, A17 [ADS]

    In-orbit performance of Herschel-HIFI

    P.R. Roelfsema et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Oct 2010, A&A 521, L22 [ADS]

    Herschel spectral surveys of star-forming regions. Overview of the 555-636 GHz range

    C. Ceccarelli, A. Bacmann, A. Boogert, & the CHESS team, incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Nine additional papers in the 2010 A&A Herschel special issues, Vol. 521 and Vol. 518,

    authored by the CHESS team incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel. [ADS]

Selected conference contributions

  • Jul 2018, astrochemistry : past, present and future [high-res pdf]
    [an earlier version was presented at the 'Origins' symposium in Groningen, NL, in Aug 2017]

    Cradle of Life: From planet formation to the distribution of life with the Square Kilometre Array

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, on behalf of the SKA 'cradle of life' science working group

  • Jun 2014, Proceedings of the SPIE, 9143 (Montréal, QC, Canada) [ADS]

    In-orbit performance of the Herschel/SPIRE imaging Fourier transform spectrometer: lessons learned

    D.A. Naylor et al., incl. M.H.D. van der Wiel

  • Jul 2013, Protostars and Planets VI, 1S024 (Heidelberg, Germany) [ADS]

    The dust emissivity spectral index in cores and filaments

    S. Schnee, S. Chitsazzadeh, J. Di Francesco, R. Friesen, G. Makiwa, B. Mason, D.A. Naylor, M.H.D. van der Wiel, T. Stanke

  • Jun 2013, IAU symposium 299 (Victoria, BC, Canada) [ADS]

    Gas signatures of Herbig Ae/Be disks probed with Herschel SPIRE spectroscopy

    M.H.D. van der Wiel, D.A. Naylor, G. Aresu, G. Olofsson

  • Jun 2013, OSA FTS 2013, paper JTu4A.3 (Arlington, VA, USA)

    Imaging spectroscopy with the Herschel-SPIRE imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer

    G. Makiwa, M.H.D. van der Wiel, D.A. Naylor, B. Gom

schematic of observed molecular emission and physical components of the embedded protostellar system TMC1A (figure 11, Harsono, Van der Wiel, et al. 2021).

Schematic representation of the binary system of protostars IRAS16293-2422 (figure 1, Van der Wiel et al. 2019). ALMA observations revealing the extent of the outflow launching region in TMC1A (Bjerkeli, Van der Wiel, et al. 2016, Nature 540, 406; image: P. Bjerkeli et al./ESASky/ESAC, Spain). Sketch of the location and extent of foregrounds clouds detected in HF toward NGC6334 (figure 4, Van der Wiel et al. 2016).

Background-subtracted SPIRE spectra of the 18 protoplanetary disks studied in Van der Wiel et al. (2014).

Spectral map of CO 11-10 emission toward NGC6334I (color scale) observed with Herschel SPIRE FTS (figure 9, Naylor, Gom, Van der Wiel & Makiwa 2013)

Spectra of 12CO transitions observed with Herschel-HIFI toward AFGL2591 (figure 1a, Van der Wiel et al. 2013).

Maps of molecular emission from the high-mass protostellar envelope AFGL2591 (Van der Wiel et al. 2011).

Chemical layering in the Orion Bar, as oberved in legacy data from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (colored molecules, Van der Wiel et al. 2009), compared to warm dust traced by Spitzer 8 micron continuum emission.

Infrared Dark Cloud G48.65-0.29. Color composite composed of Spitzer bands at 24 (red), 8.0 (green) and 4.5 micron (blue), analyzed in Van der Wiel & Shipman (2008). The cloud absorbs infrared radiation (dark areas) where there is emission at submm wavelengths (white contours).

General public

Jan 2019, Zenit [scanned pdf]

Hoe de natuur planeten maakt (How nature makes planets)

Invited article in printed popular science journal Zenit (in Dutch).
My article was part of the "planet formation" theme section, which also includes articles by colleagues of mine Elishevah van Kooten (on the clues that meteorites provide on the formation of our own solar system) and Inga Kamp (on the origin of Earth's water). Both of these are included in the pdf document.
Copyright: Zenit, Stip Media.

PhD dissertation

Molecular gas and dust influenced by massive protostars –
spectral surveys in the far-infrared and submillimeter

successfully defended at the University of Groningen on May 16th, 2011 by M.H.D. van der Wiel
promotor: M. Spaans, copromotor: F.F.S. van der Tak

Chapters:
  1. Introduction (formation of stars; interstellar gas and dust; thesis outline)
  2. Star formation activity in Infrared Dark Cloud MSXDC G048.65-00.29
  3. Physical structure of the massive protostellar envelope of AFGL2591
    1. Chemical inventory of the AFGL2591 envelope
  4. Highly excited molecular gas in the high-mass protostellar envelope of AFGL2591
  5. Chemical stratification in the Orion Bar
  6. CH gas signatures toward the high-mass star-forming core NGC 6334I
  7. Summary and future directions
  8. Nederlandse samenvatting (summary in Dutch)
  9. Epilogue

An electronic version of my PhD dissertation book can be obtained through the University of Groningen library.

It has an entry in the ADS.

front cover of Zenit issue of January 2019

front cover of thesis book