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May 2011
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The Molecular Universe, Posters from the proceedings of the 280th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Tole
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Deuterium fractionation has been observed both in cold molecular clouds and in star forming regions. In the latter it should be a remnant from the earlier cold prestellar phase where, after being frozen onto dust grains, deuterated species are released during the switch-on of the protostar. However this mechanism does not explain the large deuteration observed at moderately warm regions such as the Orion Bar and the molecular Ridge. Using HIFI data from the Guaranteed Time Key Program ``Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources (HEXOS)'', we have detected high-J DCN transitions, up to J=17-16, toward Orion KL. On the other hand, DNC is not detected within the HIFI frequency range. Furthermore, the DCN J=2-1, 2x2' maps observed with the IRAM 30m telescope show extended emission along the molecular filament revealing the moderate and warm conditions under DCN seems to be produced (Extended and Compact Ridge, Hot Core and Orion-S). On the other hand, DNC J=2--1 emission is much less extended and it does not show an emission peak at the KL position, like DCN, but toward an offset (-20'',-25'') from IRc2. In our analysis we have combined the HIFI data with that of the Orion surveys performed at the 30m, thus including a wide range of excitation conditions. In order to reproduce the observed profiles and compute column densities, we have used the LVG approximation and a source model with a three layer stratification for the Compact Ridge, Plateau and Hot Core components. The abundance ratio DCN/HCN is found to be an order of magnitude higher than the DNC/HNC one for the Compact Ridge and the Hot Core components (Tkin=100-300 K) while the opposite behaviour is obtained for the Extended Ridge (Tkin=60 K), suggesting different deuteration pathways for these two isomers. This study demonstrates that observations covering a wide range of excitation conditions are mandatory to better constrain the physical properties in such a complex region as Orion. This was possible thanks to the high-J transitions only accessible to Herschel-HIFI. In the future ALMA will provide a wide frequency range using the same instrument, together with high resolution maps allowing the identification of the main deuteration source.
Cernicharo Jose
Goicoechea Javier R.
Herschel Hexos Team
Marcelino Nuria
Palau Aina
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