Chemical evolution in the environment of intermediate mass young stellar objects: NGC7129--FIRS2 and LkH$α$234

Details Chemical evolution in the environment of intermediate mass young stellar objects: NGC7129--FIRS2 and LkH$α$234 Chemical evolution in the environment of intermediate mass young stellar objects: NGC7129--FIRS2 and LkH$α$234

2004-11-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0411602v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

24 pages, 17 figures

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We have carried out a molecular survey of the Class 0 IM protostar NGC 7129 -- FIRS 2 (hereafter FIRS 2) and the Herbig Be star LkH$\alpha$ 234 with the aim of studying the chemical evolution of the envelopes of intermediate-mass (IM) young stellar objects (YSOs). Both objects have similar luminosities (~500 Lsun) and are located in the same molecular cloud which minimizes the chemical differences due to different stellar masses or initial cloud conditions. Moreover, since they are located at the same distance, we have the same spatial resolution in both objects. A total of 17 molecular species (including rarer isotopes) have been observed in both objects and the structure of their envelopes and outflows is determined with unprecedent detail. Our results show that the protostellar envelopes are dispersed and warmed up during the evolution to become a pre-main sequence star. In fact, the envelope mass decreases by a factor >5 from FIRS 2 to LkH$\alpha$234, while the kinetic temperature increases from ~13K to 28K. On the other hand, there is no molecular outflow associated with LkH$\alpha$234. The molecular outflow seems to stop before the star becomes visible. These physical changes strongly affect the chemistry of their envelopes. Based on our results in FIRS2 and LkH$\alpha$ 234, we propose some abundance ratios that can be used as chemical clocks for the envelopes of IM YSOs. The SiO/CS, CN/N2H+, HCN/N2H+, DCO+/HCO+ and D2CO/DCO+ ratios are good diagnostics of the protostellar evolutionary stage.

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