Discovery of H$_2$CCCH$^+$ in TMC-1

Autor: Silva, W. G. D. P., Cernicharo, J., Schlemmer, S., Marcelino, N., Loison, J. -C., Agúndez, M., Gupta, D., Wakelam, V., Thorwirth, S., Cabezas, C., Tercero, B., Doménech, J. L., Fuentetaja, R., Kim, W. -J., de Vicente, P., Asvany, O.
Rok vydání: 2023
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347174
Popis: Based on a novel laboratory method, 14 mm-wave lines of the molecular ion H$_2$CCCH$^+$ have been measured in high resolution, and the spectroscopic constants of this asymmetric rotor determined with high accuracy. Using the Yebes 40 m and IRAM 30 m radio telescopes, we detect four lines of H$_2$CCCH$^+$ towards the cold dense core TMC-1. With a dipole moment of about 0.55 Debye obtained from high-level ab initio calculations, we derive a column density of 5.4$\pm$1$\times$10$^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$ and 1.6$\pm$0.5$\times$10$^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$ for the ortho and para species, respectively, and an abundance ratio N(H$_2$CCC)/N(H$_2$CCCH$^+$)= 2.8$\pm$0.7. The chemistry of H$_2$CCCH$^+$ is modelled using the most recent chemical network for the reactions involving the formation of H$_2$CCCH$^+$. We find a reasonable agreement between model predictions and observations, and new insights into the chemistry of C$_3$ bearing species in TMC-1 are obtained.
Databáze: arXiv