Organic chemistry in the dark clouds L1448 and L183. A Unique grain mantle composition

Details Organic chemistry in the dark clouds L1448 and L183. A Unique grain mantle composition Organic chemistry in the dark clouds L1448 and L183. A Unique grain mantle composition

2006-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612480v1

Astrophys.J.655:L37-L40,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 1 figure. Accepted ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/511677

We present high sensitivity observations of the complex organic molecules (COMs) CH3OH, C2H5OH, HCOOCH3, HCOOH and H2CO and of SiO toward the quiescent dark cloud L183 and the molecular outflow L1448-mm. We have not detected C2H5OH, HCOOCH3 and SiO in L183 and in the quiescent gas of L1448-mm. The abundances of CH3OH, H2CO and SiO are enhanced by factors 4-20 in the shock precursor component, and those of CH3OH and SiO by 3 and 4 orders of magnitude in the shocked gas, without substantial changes (< factor of 2) in the abundances of C2H5OH and HCOOCH3 relative to that of CH3OH. The large enhancements of SiO and CH3OH can be explained by the shock ejection of an important fraction of the grain mantle material into gas phase. Our upper limits to the C2H5OH/CH3OH and HCOOCH3/CH3OH ratios are consistent with the rather constant ratios measured in hot cores and Galactic center clouds. However, the upper limits to the HCOOCH3/CH3OH and the HCOOH/CH3OH ratios are at least one order of magnitude smaller than those found in"hot corinos" surrounding low mass protostars. We speculate that the observed abundances of COMs in different objects are consistent with a sort of "universal" grain mantle composition which is locally changed by the processes of low mass star formation.

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