Molecular Line Observations of a Carbon-Chain-Rich Core L492

Details Molecular Line Observations of a Carbon-Chain-Rich Core L492 Molecular Line Observations of a Carbon-Chain-Rich Core L492

2006-04-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604052v1

Astrophys.J. 646 (2006) 258-268

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

26 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (Preprint with high resolution figures will be avai

Scientific paper

10.1086/504866

We report on molecular abundances and distributions in a starless dense core L492. We have found that the abundances of carbon-chain molecules such as CCS, C$_{3}$S, HC$_{3}$N, HC$_{5}$N, and HC$_{7}$N are comparable to those in chemically young dark cloud cores called "carbon-chain--producing regions", such as L1495B, L1521B, L1521E, and TMC-1. This is the first dark cloud core with extremely rich in carbon-chain-molecules that is found outside the Taurus region. In addition, the deuterium fractionation ratios of DNC/HNC and DCO$^{+}$/HCO$^{+}$ are also comparable to those in carbon-chain--producing regions, being significantly lower than those in the evolved prestellar cores such as L1498 and L1544. On the other hand, the abundances of NH$_{3}$ and N$_{2}$H$^{+}$ are systematically higher than those in carbon-chain--producing regions. Our mapping observations reveal that the central hole of molecular distributions, which were reported for CCS and C$^{34}$S in evolved prestellar cores is not significant in L492, indicating that the depletion factor of molecules is not very high. Furthermore, L492 is dynamically more evolved than carbon-chain--producing regions, and the protostellar collapse has started like L1498 and L1544. Therefore, it is likely that the chemical and dynamical evolutionary stage of L492 is intermediate between carbon-chain--producing regions (L1495B, L1521B, L1521E, and TMC-1) and evolved prestellar cores (L1498 and L1544).

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