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67 P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko彗星中O2的气相原始起源

A gas-phase primordial origin of O2 in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Jonathan M. C. Rawlings, Thomas G. Wilson, David A. Williams

摘要:

Rosetta/ROSINA仪器最近进行的观测在彗星67 P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko的彗发中检测到分子氧,其丰度相对于H2O为1-10%。以前的研究表明,O2的可能来源可能是原始(暗云)起源的表面化学,需要比通常假设的更温暖,更密集和极端的氢原子贫乏的条件。在这项研究中,我们提出了一个原始的气相起源的O2随后被冻结和有效地隐藏,直到冰幔升华在彗星的昏迷。我们的研究提出了一个三阶段的天体化学模型,模拟了冰在原始暗云阶段的化学演化,其引力坍缩,并在早期的原太阳星云的演变。我们发现,可以产生的O2丰度是相当强大的自由参数的选择。获得了O2:H2O比率的良好匹配,以及在较小程度上获得了N2:CO和CO:H2O比率,但是模型显著过量产生N2。我们推测,观察到的N2:O2的低值是彗星的特定热历史的结果。

英文摘要:

Recent observations made by the Rosetta/ROSINA instrument have detected molecular oxygen in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with abundances at the 1-10% level relative to H2O. Previous studies have indicated that the likely origin of the O2 may be surface chemistry of primordial (dark cloud) origin, requiring somewhat warmer, denser and extreme H-atom poor conditions than are usually assumed. In this study we propose a primordial gas-phase origin for the O2 which is subsequently frozen and effectively hidden until the ice mantles are sublimated in the comet's coma. Our study presents results from a three-phase astrochemical model that simulates the chemical evolution of ices in the primordial dark cloud phase, its gravitational collapse, and evolution in the early protosolar nebula. We find that the O2 abundance can be produced and is fairly robust to the choice of the free parameters. Good matches for the O2:H2O ratio and, to a lesser extent, the N2:CO and CO:H2O ratios are obtained, but the models significantly over-produce N2. We speculate that the low value of N2:O2 that is observed is a consequence of the specific thermal history of the comet.

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