Evidence for isotopic fractionation of carbon monoxide in dark clouds

Details Evidence for isotopic fractionation of carbon monoxide in dark clouds Evidence for isotopic fractionation of carbon monoxide in dark clouds

Jan 1980

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 235, Jan. 1, 1980, p. L39-L44.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

62

Abundance, Carbon Monoxide, Chemical Fractionation, Interstellar Gas, Nebulae, Carbon Isotopes, Clouds, Gas Density, Isotopes

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Chemical fractionation of the various isotopes of carbon monoxide has been studied in four isolated dark clouds. At positions away from the centers of three of the objects - B5, B335, and L1262 - the abundance of (CO-13) relative to C(O-18) is at least a factor of 4 greater than at the central positions. This detection of carbon isotope fractionation is consistent with theoretical predictions of (CO-13) enhancement in the outer parts of cool clouds. Combined observations of the J = 2 to 1 and J = 1 to 0 transitions of several CO isotopes have enabled us to derive molecular hydrogen densities and to assess the effect of saturation and resonant scattering. Abundance ratios of the rarer isotopic species in the cloud centers have also been determined.

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