The Physical and Chemical Structure of Hot Molecular Cores

Details The Physical and Chemical Structure of Hot Molecular Cores The Physical and Chemical Structure of Hot Molecular Cores

2003-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311246v1

Astron.Astrophys. 414 (2004) 409-423

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20031646

We have made self-consistent models of the density and temperature profiles of the gas and dust surrounding embedded luminous objects using a detailed radiative transfer model together with observations of the spectral energy distribution of hot molecular cores. Using these profiles we have investigated the hot core chemistry which results when grain mantles are evaporated, taking into account the different binding energies of the mantle molecules, as well a model in which we assume that all molecules are embedded in water ice and have a common binding energy. We find that most of the resulting column densities are consistent with those observed toward the hot core G34.3+0.15 at a time around 10$^4$ years after central luminous star formation. We have also investigated the dependence of the chemical structure on the density profile which suggests an observational possibility of constraining density profiles from determination of the source sizes of line emission from desorbed molecules.

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