ALMA Observations of the IRDC Clump G34.43+00.24 MM3: DNC/HNC Ratio
Abstract
We have observed the clump G34.43+00.24 MM3 associated with an infrared dark cloud in DNC J = 3-2, HN13C J = 3-2, and N2H+ J = 3-2 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The N2H+ emission is found to be relatively weak near the hot core and the outflows, and its distribution is clearly anti-correlated with the CS emission. This result indicates that a young outflow is interacting with cold ambient gas. The HN13C emission is compact and mostly emanates from the hot core, whereas the DNC emission is extended around the hot core. Thus, the DNC and HN13C emission traces warm regions near the protostar differently. The DNC emission is stronger than the HN13C emission toward most parts of this clump. The DNC/HNC abundance ratio averaged within a 15\prime\prime × 15\prime\prime area around the phase center is higher than 0.06. This ratio is much higher than the value obtained by the previous single-dish observations of DNC and HN13C J = 1-0 (∼0.003). It seems likely that the DNC and HNC emission observed with the single-dish telescope traces lower density envelopes, while that observed with ALMA traces higher density and highly deuterated regions. We have compared the observational results with chemical-model results in order to investigate the behavior of DNC and HNC in the dense cores. Taking these results into account, we suggest that the low DNC/HNC ratio in the high-mass sources obtained by the single-dish observations are at least partly due to the low filling factor of the high density regions.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- April 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/70
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1503.01827
- Bibcode:
- 2015ApJ...803...70S
- Keywords:
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- ISM: clouds;
- ISM: molecules;
- stars: formation;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- accepted to ApJ