Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-05-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
Accepted by A&A Letters (Herschel special issue); 4 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
Water is a key molecule in the star formation process, but its spatial distribution in star-forming regions is not well known. We study the distribution of dust continuum and H2O and 13CO line emission in DR21, a luminous star-forming region with a powerful outflow and a compact HII region. Herschel-HIFI spectra near 1100 GHz show narrow 13CO 10-9 emission and H2O 1(11)-0(00) absorption from the dense core and broad emission from the outflow in both lines. The H2O line also shows absorption by a foreground cloud known from ground-based observations of low-J CO lines. The dust continuum emission is extended over 36" FWHM, while the 13CO and H2O lines are confined to ~24" or less. The foreground absorption appears to peak further North than the other components. Radiative transfer models indicate very low abundances of ~2e-10 for H2O and ~8e-7 for 13CO in the dense core, and higher H2O abundances of ~4e-9 in the foreground cloud and ~7e-7 in the outflow. The high H2O abundance in the warm outflow is probably due to the evaporation of water-rich icy grain mantles, while the H2O abundance is kept down by freeze-out in the dense core and by photodissociation in the foreground cloud.
der Tak Floris F. S. van
Herpin Fabrice
Marseille M. G.
WISH consortium for the
Wyrowski Frank
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