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arXiv 2009.08402astro-ph.GAphysics.chem-ph
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星际介质中的氘代多环芳烃:单氘代组分的C-D带强度

Deuterated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Interstellar Medium: The C--D Band Strengths of Mono-Deuterated Species

X. J. Yang, Aigen Li, R. Glaser

摘要:

氘(D)是大爆炸中产生的轻元素之一。随着银河系的演化,星际介质(ISM)中的D/H丰度由于“萎缩”而从其原始值下降。然而,观测到的一些星际视线的气相D/H丰度大大低于预期的减少单独的astration。缺失的D可能已经耗尽到多环芳烃(PAH)分子中,这些分子在星际区域中无处不在且丰富。为了定量地探索多环芳烃作为星际D的可能的水库的假设,我们计算量子化学的红外振动光谱的单氘代多环芳烃(及其阳离子)的各种尺寸。我们发现,正如预期的那样,当H在多环芳烃被D取代,C-H伸缩和弯曲模式在3.3,8.6和11.3 $μ$ m分别移动到更长的波长$\sim$ 4.4,11.4和15.4 $μ$ m的$\sim$ $\sqrt{13/7}$的一个因素,在C-H和C-D振子之间的减少质量的差异。我们从计算的光谱中得到的平均固有强度的3.3 $μ$ m C-H伸缩和4.4 $μ$ m C-D伸缩为$\langle A_{3.3} \rangle \sim 13.4$ km/mol和$\langle A_{4.4} \rangle \sim 7.4$ km/mol的中性氘代多环芳烃,将占主导地位的星际3.3和4.4 $μ$ m的排放。通过比较计算得出的中性多环芳烃的$\langle A_{4.4}/A_{3.3} \rangle \sim 0.56$的平均比值与观测到的$\langle (I_{4.4}/I_{3.3})_{\rm obs} \rangle \sim 0.019$强度的平均比值,我们估计了氘化程度(即,以D)形式附着在C上的外围原子的比例约为2.4%,相当于D富集度约为星际D/H丰度的1200倍。

英文摘要:

Deuterium (D) is one of the light elements created in the big bang. As the Galaxy evolves, the D/H abundance in the interstellar medium (ISM) decreases from its primordial value due to "astration". However, the observed gas-phase D/H abundances of some interstellar sightlines are substantially lower than the expected reduction by astration alone. The missing D could have been depleted onto polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules which are ubiquitous and abundant in interstellar regions. To quantitatively explore the hypothesis of PAHs as a possible reservoir of interstellar D, we compute quantum-chemically the infrared vibrational spectra of mono-deuterated PAHs (and their cations) of various sizes. We find that, as expected, when H in PAHs is replaced by D, the C-H stretching and bending modes at 3.3, 8.6 and 11.3 $μ$m respectively shift to longer wavelengths at $\sim$4.4, 11.4 and 15.4 $μ$m by a factor of $\sim$$\sqrt{13/7}$, the difference in reduced mass between the C-H and C-D oscillators. We derive from the computed spectra the mean intrinsic strengths of the 3.3 $μ$m C-H stretch and 4.4 $μ$m C--D stretch to be $\langle A_{3.3} \rangle \sim 13.4$ km/mol and $\langle A_{4.4} \rangle \sim 7.4$ km/mol for neutral deuterated PAHs which would dominate the interstellar 3.3 and 4.4 $μ$m emission. By comparing the computationally-derived mean ratio of $\langle A_{4.4}/A_{3.3} \rangle \sim 0.56$ for neutral PAHs with the mean ratio of the observed intensities of $\langle (I_{4.4}/I_{3.3})_{\rm obs} \rangle \sim 0.019$, we estimate the degree of deuteration (i.e., the fraction of peripheral atoms attached to C in the form of D) to be ~2.4\%, corresponding to a D-enrichment of a factor of ~1200 with respect to the interstellar D/H abundance.

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