A study of HCN, HNC and their isotopomers in OMC-1. I - Abundances and chemistry

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Hydrocyanic Acid, Interstellar Matter, Isomers, Molecular Clouds, Abundance, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Emission Spectra, Interferometry, Interstellar Chemistry, Orion Constellation, Vibrational Spectra

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Observations of HCN, HNC, and DCN in the OMC-1 region were carried out using the IRAM 30-m dish with 25-arcsec angular resolution. In addition, data were obtained towards Orion-KL in the HC(N-15)(1-0) transition, using the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. It was found that the HCN/HNC abundance ratio is very high (about 80) in the immediate vicinity of Orion-KL, but it declines rapidly in adjacent ridge positions to values of about 5. The DCN/HCN abundance ratio increases from 0.001 in the hot core gas close to the infrared source IRc2, to values in the range 0.01-0.06 in the OMC-1 region. The H(C-13)N/HC(N-15) ratio increases from 5-7 over much of the ridge to roughly 15 close to Orion-IRc2. A comparison of the observations with the predictions of the molecular cloud chemistry yielded reasonable agreement with steady state models.

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