Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS) V. Methanol in Taurus
| Autor: | D. Navarro-Almaida, Paola Caselli, A. Vasyunin, Charlotte Vastel, M. Rodríguez-Baras, Asunción Fuente, Anna Punanova, Silvia Spezzano, Valentine Wakelam |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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CHEMICAL MODEL
FOS: Physical sciences DUST RADIATIVE TRANSFER Astrophysics GASES ISM: clouds IRAM 30m telescope MOLECULES chemistry.chemical_compound SIMPLE++ Radiative transfer Protostar PHYSICAL CONDITIONS Irradiation Emission spectrum COLUMN DENSITY Physics radio lines: ISM [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] Molecular cloud CLOUDS ISM [RADIO LINES] Astronomy and Astrophysics ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ISM: molecules IRRADIATION Interstellar medium CLOUDS [ISM] chemistry Space and Planetary Science [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] MOLECULES [ISM] Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) MOLECULAR CLOUDS GAS-PHASES METHANOL Methanol |
| Zdroj: | Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, 2022, 657, ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202141971⟩ Astron. Astrophys. Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| ISSN: | 0004-6361 |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/202141971⟩ |
| Popis: | Methanol, one of the simplest complex organic molecules in the Interstellar Medium (ISM), has been shown to be present and extended in cold environments such as starless cores. We aim at studying methanol emission across several starless cores and investigate the physical conditions at which methanol starts to be efficiently formed, as well as how the physical structure of the cores and their surrounding environment affect its distribution. Methanol and C$^{18}$O emission lines at 3 mm have been observed with the IRAM 30m telescope within the large program "Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular CloudS" (GEMS) towards 66 positions across 12 starless cores in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. A non-LTE radiative transfer code was used to compute the column densities in all positions. We then used state-of-the-art chemical models to reproduce our observations. We have computed N(CH$_3$OH)/N(C$^{18}$O) column density ratios for all the observed offsets, and two different behaviours can be recognised: the cores where the ratio peaks at the dust peak, and the cores where the ratio peaks with a slight offset with respect to the dust peak ($\sim $10000 AU). We suggest that the cause of this behaviour is the irradiation on the cores due to protostars nearby which accelerate energetic particles along their outflows. The chemical models, which do not take into account irradiation variations, can reproduce fairly well the overall observed column density of methanol, but cannot reproduce the two different radial profiles observed. We confirm the substantial effect of the environment onto the distribution of methanol in starless cores. We suggest that the clumpy medium generated by protostellar outflows might cause a more efficient penetration of the interstellar radiation field in the molecular cloud and have an impact on the distribution of methanol in starless cores. Accepted for publication in A&A |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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