Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-03-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
62 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/529428
We report on a recent spectral line survey of the planetary nebula (PN) NGC 7027 using the Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO) 12m telescope and the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) at millimeter wavelengths. The spectra covering the frequency ranges 71--111GHz, 157--161GHz, and 218--267GHz were obtained with a typical sensitivity of rms<8mK. A total of 67 spectral lines are detected, 21 of which are identified with 8 molecular species, 32 with recombination lines from hydrogen and helium, and 14 remains unidentified. As the widths of emission lines from CO, other neutral molecules, molecular ions, as well as recombination of H+ and He+ are found to be different with each other, the line strengths and profiles are used to investigate the physical conditions and chemical processes of the neutral envelope of NGC 7027. The column densities and fractional abundances relative to H2 of the observed molecular species are calculated and compared with predictions from chemical models. We found evidence for overabundance of N2H+ and underabundance of CS and HNC in NGC 7027, suggesting that X-ray emission and shock wave may play an important role in the chemistry of the hot molecular envelope of the young PN.
Dinh-V-Trung
Kwok Sun
Zhang Yong
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