DNC/HNC Ratio of Massive Clumps in Early Evolutionary Stages of High-Mass Star Formation

Details DNC/HNC Ratio of Massive Clumps in Early Evolutionary Stages of High-Mass Star Formation DNC/HNC Ratio of Massive Clumps in Early Evolutionary Stages of High-Mass Star Formation

2012-01-21

arxiv.org/abs/1201.4430v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

27 pages, 4 figures, accepted to ApJ

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We have observed the HN13C J=1-0 and DNC J=1-0 lines toward 18 massive clumps, including infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) and high-mass protostellar objects (HMPOs), by using the Nobeyama Radio Observatory 45 m telescope. We have found that the HN13C emission is stronger than the DNC emission toward all the observed sources. The averaged DNC/HNC ratio is indeed lower toward the observed high-mass sources (0.009\pm0.005) than toward the low-mass starless and star-forming cores (0.06). The kinetic temperature derived from the NH3 (J, K) = (1, 1) and (2, 2) line intensities is higher toward the observed high-mass sources than toward the low-mass cores. However the DNC/HNC ratio of some IRDCs involving the Spitzer 24 {\mu}m sources is found to be lower than that of HMPOs, although the kinetic temperature of the IRDCs is lower than that of the HMPOs. This implies that the DNC/HNC ratio does not depend only on the current kinetic temperature. With the aid of chemical model simulations, we discuss how the DNC/HNC ratio decreases after the birth of protostars. We suggest that the DNC/HNC ratio in star-forming cores depends on the physical conditions and history in their starless-core phase, such as its duration time and the gas kinetic temperature.

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