2023MNRAS.526.3673P -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 526, 3673-3696 (2023/December-2)
Variations of the HCO+, HCN, HNC, N2H+, and NH3 deuterium fractionation in high-mass star-forming regions.
PAZUKHIN A.G., ZINCHENKO I.I., TROFIMOVA E.A., HENKEL C. and SEMENOV D.A.
Abstract (from CDS):
We use spectra and maps of the J = 1 - 0 and J = 2 - 1 DCO+, DCN, DNC, $\rm N_2D^+$ lines, and 111-101 ortho- and para-NH2D lines, obtained with the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)-30 m telescope, as well as observations of their hydrogenated isotopologues to study deuteration processes in five high-mass star-forming regions. The temperature was estimated from CH 3CCH lines, also observed with the IRAM-30 m telescope, and from NH 3 lines, observed with the 100 m radio telescope in Effelsberg, as well as using the integrated intensity ratios of the J = 1 - 0 H13CN and HN13C lines and their main isotopologues. Applying a non-local thermodynamic equilibrium radiative transfer model with RADEX, the gas density and the molecular column densities were estimated. D/H ratios are 0.001-0.05 for DCO+, 0.001-0.02 for DCN, 0.001-0.05 for DNC, and 0.02-0.4 for NH2D. The D/H ratios decrease with increasing temperature in the range of 20-40 K and slightly vary at densities $n(\rm H_2) \sim 10^4\!-\!10^6$ cm–3. The deuterium fraction of $\rm N_2H^{+}$ is 0.008-0.1 at temperatures in the range of 20-25 K and at a density of ∼105 cm–3. We also estimate relative abundances and find ∼10–11-10–9 for DCO+ and DNC, ∼10–11-10–10 for $\rm N_2D^+$, and ∼10–10-10–8 for NH2D. The relative abundances of these species decrease with increasing temperature. However, the DCN/H2 ratio is almost constant (∼10–10). The observational results agree with the predictions of chemical models (although in some cases there are significant differences).
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© 2023 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
astrochemistry - Stars: formation - Stars: massive - ISM: abundances - ISM: molecules
Errata:
erratum vol. 530, p. 1347 (2024)
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