Studying effects of accretion-outbursts on the chemistry of planet forming regions with James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has given higher resolution molecular emission spectra from protoplanetary disks, allowing for further evaluation into their chemical nature. Young stars with discs have variable accretion outbursts that give flares of high energy radiation to the planet-forming regions in the disks. Data from JWST MIRI (mid-infrared instrument on JWST) of the luminosity outbursts was studied to see effects of variable accretion on the chemical species existing in these areas. Comparisons of H₂O, HCN, C₂H₂, OH, and CO molecules from two post-burst samples of a single disk, as well as H2O lines between “twin” disks of similar stellar mass and luminosity, but varying accretion rates. Further analysis of accretion effects is performed in contrast to a sampling of 11 disks.