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扩散分子云中C $^{14}$ N/C $^{15}$ N比

The C$^{14}$N/C$^{15}$N Ratio in Diffuse Molecular Clouds

Adam M. Ritchey, Steven R. Federman, David L. Lambert

摘要:

我们报告的第一个检测C $^{15}$ N扩散分子气体从CN吸收线的详细检查档案VLT/UVES光谱的恒星探测当地的扩散云。在所研究的四个方向中的三个方向上确信地检测到(在$\gtrsim4σ$处)C $^{15}$ N同位素体的吸收,并且在主要$^{12}$ CN和$^{13}$ CN吸收组分之间表现为非常弱的特征。在考虑了$^{12}$ CN的弱附加视线成分后,通过曲线拟合确定每种CN同位素体的柱密度,这些成分也见于CH和CH $^+$的吸收曲线。检测到C $^{15}$ N的三条视线的C $^{14}$ N/C $^{15}$ N的加权平均值为$274\pm18$。由于朝向我们目标恒星的扩散分子云具有相对较高的气体动力学温度和相对较低的目视反射率,它们的C $^{14}$ N/C $^{15}$ N比值不应受到化学分馏的影响。因此,我们得到的平均C $^{14}$ N/C $^{15}$ N比值应该代表了局部星际介质中周围环境的$^{14}$ N/ $^{15}$ N比值。事实上,我们的平均值同意以及来自毫米波观测CN,HCN,和HNC在本地分子云。

英文摘要:

We report the first detection of C$^{15}$N in diffuse molecular gas from a detailed examination of CN absorption lines in archival VLT/UVES spectra of stars probing local diffuse clouds. Absorption from the C$^{15}$N isotopologue is confidently detected (at $\gtrsim4σ$) in three out of the four directions studied and appears as a very weak feature between the main $^{12}$CN and $^{13}$CN absorption components. Column densities for each CN isotopologue are determined through profile fitting, after accounting for weak additional line-of-sight components of $^{12}$CN, which are seen in the absorption profiles of CH and CH$^+$ as well. The weighted mean value of C$^{14}$N/C$^{15}$N for the three sight lines with detections of C$^{15}$N is $274\pm18$. Since the diffuse molecular clouds toward our target stars have relatively high gas kinetic temperatures and relatively low visual extinctions, their C$^{14}$N/C$^{15}$N ratios should not be affected by chemical fractionation. The mean C$^{14}$N/C$^{15}$N ratio that we obtain should therefore be representative of the ambient $^{14}$N/$^{15}$N ratio in the local interstellar medium. Indeed, our mean value agrees well with that derived from millimeter-wave observations of CN, HCN, and HNC in local molecular clouds.

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