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星际介质中振动激发态H2的化学

The chemistry of vibrationally excited H2 in the interstellar medium

M. Agundez, J. R. Goicoechea, J. Cernicharo, A. Faure, E. Roueff

摘要:

振动激发的H2分子的内能可以用来克服或减少分子天体物理学感兴趣的各种化学反应的活化势垒。在这篇文章中,我们详细研究了振动激发的H2与C+,He+,O,OH和CN的反应对星际云的化学组成的影响,根据现有的化学动力学数据。发现H2(v>0)和C+的反应对某些分子的丰度有着深刻的影响,特别是CH+,它是一种直接产物,在振动激发态H2相对于基态H2的丰度分数超过10^(-6)的天文区域很容易形成,与气体是否热无关。通过PDR模型研究了这些反应对弥漫云zeta Oph和HD 34078、致密PDR猎户座Bar、行星状星云NGC 7027以及B 9恒星HD 176386周围的拱星盘的化学成分的影响。我们发现,CH+的形成特别有利于密集和高FUV照明的区域,如猎户座酒吧和行星状星云NGC 7027,其中柱密度超过10^(13)cm^(-2)的预测。然而,在弥漫的云,这种机制被发现是不够有效的形成CH+与柱密度接近的值来自天文观测。

英文摘要:

The internal energy available in vibrationally excited H2 molecules can be used to overcome or diminish the activation barrier of various chemical reactions of interest for molecular astrophysics. In this article we investigate in detail the impact on the chemical composition of interstellar clouds of the reactions of vibrationally excited H2 with C+, He+, O, OH, and CN, based on the available chemical kinetics data. It is found that the reaction of H2 (v>0) and C+ has a profound impact on the abundances of some molecules, especially CH+, which is a direct product and is readily formed in astronomical regions with fractional abundances of vibrationally excited H2, relative to ground state H2, in excess of 10^(-6), independently of whether the gas is hot or not. The effects of these reactions on the chemical composition of the diffuse clouds zeta Oph and HD 34078, the dense PDR Orion Bar, the planetary nebula NGC 7027, and the circumstellar disk around the B9 star HD 176386 are investigated through PDR models. We find that formation of CH+ is especially favored in dense and highly FUV illuminated regions such as the Orion Bar and the planetary nebula NGC 7027, where column densities in excess of 10^(13) cm^(-2) are predicted. In diffuse clouds, however, this mechanism is found to be not efficient enough to form CH+ with a column density close to the values derived from astronomical observations.

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