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太阳系暗云和天体中的~(15)N富集

The 15N-enrichment in dark clouds and Solar System objects

Pierre Hily-Blant, Lydie Bonal, Alexandre Faure, Eric Quirico

摘要:

在L183和L1544星前核观测到H13 CN和HC 15 N基本转动跃迁的谱线强度,其同位素比值分别为140 6 14 N/15 N 6 250和140 6 14 N/15 N 6 360。数值范围反映了核心内的真实空间变化。星前核中氮同位素比值的现有测量结果的综合分析表明,携带腈官能团的分子似乎是系统地富含15 N的化合物,那些携带胺官能团。提出了含腈和含胺星际分子间15 N-增强差异的化学起源。这为太阳系天体的几个观测提供了新的线索:(i)木星的NH 3和太阳风N+中类似的N同位素分馏;(ii)彗星HCN和CN中的15 N富集(这可能代表直接的星际遗传);以及(iii)原始宇宙物质中有机物中观察到的15 N富集。太阳系天体中含氮分子同位素组成的巨大变化可能只是反映了它们起源于不同的星际氮库。

英文摘要:

The line intensities of the fundamental rotational transitions of H13CN and HC15N were observed towards two prestellar cores, L183 and L1544, and lead to molecular isotopic ratios 140 6 14N/15N 6 250 and 140 6 14N/15N 6 360, respectively. The range of values reflect genuine spatial variations within the cores. A comprehensive analysis of the available measurements of the nitrogen isotopic ratio in prestellar cores show that molecules carrying the nitrile functional group appear to be systematically 15N-enriched com- pared to those carrying the amine functional group. A chemical origin for the differential 15N-enhance- ment between nitrile- and amine-bearing interstellar molecules is proposed. This sheds new light on several observations of Solar System objects: (i) the similar N isotopic fractionation in Jupiter's NH3 and solar wind N+; (ii) the 15N-enrichments in cometary HCN and CN (that might represent a direct inter- stellar inheritance); and (iii) 15N-enrichments observed in organics in primitive cosmomaterials. The large variations in the isotopic composition of N-bearing molecules in Solar System objects might then simply reflect the different interstellar N reservoirs from which they are originating.

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