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关于分子阴离子在致密星际介质中的普遍性

On the ubiquity of molecular anions in the dense interstellar medium

M. A. Cordiner, J. V. Buckle, E. S. Wirström, A. O. H. Olofsson, S. B. Charnley

摘要:

结果是从分子阴离子在7个附近的银河系恒星形成的核心和分子云的调查。在所有七个目标来源中检测到碳氢化合物阴离子C6 H-,包括先前未检测到阴离子的四个来源:L1172、L1389、L1495 B和TMC-1C。C6 H-/C6 H柱密度比在每个源中大于约1.0%,平均值为3.0%(和标准偏差0.92%)。结合以前的检测,我们的研究结果表明,阴离子是无处不在的稠密的云C6 H存在。发现C6 H-/C6 H比与分子氢数密度和云的表观年龄呈正相关。我们还报告了在TMC-1中首次检测到C4 H-(置信度为4.8 σ),并推导出阴离子与中性离子的比率C4 H-/C4 H =(1.2 +- 0.4)x 10^-5(= 0.0012 +- 0.0004%)。这样一个较低的值相比,C6 H-突出了需要一个修订的辐射电子附着率C4 H。化学模型计算表明,所观察到的C_4H ~-可能是氧原子与C_5H ~-和C_6H ~-反应的结果。

英文摘要:

Results are presented from a survey for molecular anions in seven nearby Galactic star-forming cores and molecular clouds. The hydrocarbon anion C6H- is detected in all seven target sources, including four sources where no anions have been previously detected: L1172, L1389, L1495B and TMC-1C. The C6H-/C6H column density ratio is greater than about 1.0% in every source, with a mean value of 3.0% (and standard deviation 0.92%). Combined with previous detections, our results show that anions are ubiquitous in dense clouds wherever C6H is present. The C6H-/C6H ratio is found to show a positive correlation with molecular hydrogen number density, and with the apparent age of the cloud. We also report the first detection of C4H- in TMC-1 (at 4.8-sigma confidence), and derive an anion-to-neutral ratio C4H-/C4H = (1.2 +- 0.4) x 10^-5 (= 0.0012 +- 0.0004%). Such a low value compared with C6H- highlights the need for a revised radiative electron attachment rate for C4H. Chemical model calculations show that the observed C4H- could be produced as a result of reactions of oxygen atoms with C5H- and C6H-.

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