Herschel/HIFI discovery of interstellar chloronium (H2Cl+)

被引:80
作者
Lis, D. C. [1 ]
Pearson, J. C. [13 ]
Neufeld, D. A. [3 ]
Schilke, P. [8 ,12 ]
Mueller, H. S. P. [12 ]
Gupta, H. [13 ]
Bell, T. A. [1 ]
Comito, C. [8 ]
Phillips, T. G. [1 ]
Bergin, E. A. [2 ]
Ceccarelli, C. [6 ]
Goldsmith, P. F. [13 ]
Blake, G. A. [1 ]
Bacmann, A. [6 ,26 ,27 ]
Baudry, A. [26 ,27 ]
Benedettini, M. [28 ]
Benz, A. [40 ]
Black, J. [39 ]
Boogert, A. [19 ]
Bottinelli, S. [4 ,5 ]
Cabrit, S. [29 ]
Caselli, P. [30 ]
Castets, A. [6 ]
Caux, E. [4 ,5 ]
Cernicharo, J. [7 ]
Codella, C. [31 ]
Coutens, A. [4 ,5 ]
Crimier, N. [6 ,7 ]
Crockett, N. R. [2 ]
Daniel, F. [7 ,9 ,17 ]
Demyk, K. [4 ,5 ]
Dominic, C. [32 ,33 ]
Dubernet, M. -L. [10 ,11 ]
Emprechtinger, M. [1 ]
Encrenaz, P. [29 ]
Falgarone, E. [9 ,17 ]
Fuente, A. [34 ]
Gerin, M. [9 ,17 ]
Giesen, T. F. [12 ]
Goicoechea, J. R. [7 ]
Helmich, F. [23 ]
Hennebelle, P. [9 ,17 ]
Henning, Th. [48 ]
Herbst, E. [14 ,15 ,16 ]
Hily-Blant, P. [6 ]
Hjalmarson, A. [41 ]
Hollenbach, D. [42 ]
Jack, T. [26 ,27 ]
Joblin, C. [4 ,5 ]
Johnstone, D. [18 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Cahill Ctr Astron & Astrophys 301 17, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Dept Astron, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[4] Univ Toulouse UPS, Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, F-31062 Toulouse 9, France
[5] CNRS INSU, UMR 5187, F-31028 Toulouse 4, France
[6] Observ Grenoble, Astrophys Lab, F-38041 Grenoble 9, France
[7] Ctr Astrobiol CSIC INTA, Lab Astrofis Mol, Madrid 28850, Spain
[8] Max Planck Inst Radioastron, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
[9] Observ Paris, UMR8112, CNRS, LERMA, F-75231 Paris 05, France
[10] Univ Paris 06, UMR7092, LPMAA, Paris, France
[11] Observ Paris, UMR8102, LUTH, Meudon, France
[12] Univ Cologne, Inst Phys 1, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
[13] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
[14] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[15] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[16] Ohio State Univ, Dept Chem, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[17] Ecole Normale Super, F-75231 Paris 05, France
[18] Natl Res Council Canada, Herzberg Inst Astrophys, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada
[19] CALTECH, Ctr Infrared Proc & Anal, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[20] Univ Toronto, Canadian Inst Theoret Astrophys, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
[21] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[22] Natl Univ Ireland, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
[23] SRON Netherlands Inst Space Res, NL-9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands
[24] Univ Calgary, Dept Phys & Astron, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
[25] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Astron, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[26] Univ Bordeaux, Lab Astrophys Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
[27] CNRS INSU, UMR 5804, Floirac, France
[28] INAF Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario, Rome, Italy
[29] Observ Paris, LERMA, UMR 8112, CNRS, Paris, France
[30] Univ Leeds, Sch Phys & Astron, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England
[31] INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, Florence, Italy
[32] Univ Amsterdam, Astron Inst Anton Pannekoek, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[33] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Dept Astrophys IMAPP, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
[34] IGN Observ Astron Nacl, Alcala De Henares, Spain
[35] INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
[36] Inst RadioAstron Millimetr, Grenoble, France
[37] Leiden Univ, Leiden Observ, Leiden, Netherlands
[38] UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, London, England
[39] Chalmers, Dept Radio & Space Sci, Onsala, Sweden
[40] ETH, Inst Astron, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
[41] Chalmers, Onsala Space Observ, Onsala, Sweden
[42] SETI Inst, Mountain View, CA USA
[43] San Jose State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, San Jose, CA 95192 USA
[44] Stockholm Univ, Dept Astron, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[45] Observ Paris, LUTH, Meudon, France
[46] Univ Paris 07, Meudon, France
[47] UCP, UPMC, Inst Lab Etud Rayonnement & Mat Astrophys, UMR 8112,CNRS INSU,OP,ENS, Paris, France
[48] Max Planck Inst Astron, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[49] Univ Groningen, Kapteyn Astron Inst, NL-9700 AB Groningen, Netherlands
来源
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2010年 / 521卷
关键词
astrochemistry; line: identification; ISM: abundances; ISM: molecules; molecular processes; submillimetre: ISM; CHLORINE-BEARING MOLECULES; STAR-FORMING REGION; SPIRAL ARM CLOUDS; NGC; 6334; I; HYDROGEN-CHLORIDE; COLOGNE DATABASE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; GROUND-STATE; SUBMILLIMETER; SPECTROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361/201014959
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report the first detection of chloronium, H2Cl+, in the interstellar medium, using the HIFI instrument aboard the Herschel Space Observatory. The 2(12)-1(01) lines of ortho-(H2Cl+)-Cl-35 and ortho-(H2Cl+)-Cl-37 are detected in absorption towards NGC 6334I, and the 1(11)-0(00) transition of para-(H2Cl+)-Cl-35 is detected in absorption towards NGC 6334I and Sgr B2(S). The H2Cl+ column densities are compared to those of the chemically-related species HCl. The derived HCl/H2Cl+ column density ratios, similar to 1-10, are within the range predicted by models of diffuse and dense photon dominated regions (PDRs). However, the observed H2Cl+ column densities, in excess of 10(13) cm(-2), are significantly higher than the model predictions. Our observations demonstrate the outstanding spectroscopic capabilities of HIFI for detecting new interstellar molecules and providing key constraints for astrochemical models.
引用
收藏
页数:5
相关论文
共 37 条
  • [1] Chlorine-bearing molecules in cold and warm interstellar clouds
    Amin, MY
    [J]. EARTH MOON AND PLANETS, 1996, 73 (02): : 133 - 145
  • [2] Submillimeter-wave spectra of H2Cl+ and its isotopic species:: Molecular structure
    Araki, M
    Furuya, T
    Saito, S
    [J]. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, 2001, 210 (01) : 132 - 136
  • [3] CHLORINE IN DENSE INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS - THE ABUNDANCE OF HCL IN OMC-1
    BLAKE, GA
    KEENE, J
    PHILLIPS, TG
    [J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1985, 295 (02) : 501 - 506
  • [4] CHEMISTRY OF CHLORINE IN DENSE INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS
    BLAKE, GA
    ANICICH, VG
    HUNTRESS, WT
    [J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1986, 300 (01) : 415 - 419
  • [5] Ground-state OH observations towards NGC 6334
    Brooks, KJ
    Whiteoak, JB
    [J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2001, 320 (04) : 465 - 476
  • [6] MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHEMICAL MODELING OF YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS. II. IRRADIATED OUTFLOW WALLS IN A HIGH-MASS STAR-FORMING REGION
    Bruderer, S.
    Benz, A. O.
    Doty, S. D.
    van Dishoeck, E. F.
    Bourke, T. L.
    [J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2009, 700 (01) : 872 - 886
  • [7] ONE-TO-2 MILLIMETER WAVE SPECTROSCOPY .2. H2S
    BURRUS, CA
    GORDY, W
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1953, 92 (02): : 274 - 277
  • [8] The 35Cl/37Cl isotopic ratio in dense molecular clouds: HIFI observations of hydrogen chloride towards W3 A
    Cernicharo, J.
    Goicoechea, J. R.
    Daniel, F.
    Agundez, M.
    Caux, E.
    de Graauw, T.
    De Jonge, A.
    Kester, D.
    Leduc, H. G.
    Steinmetz, E.
    Stutzki, J.
    Ward, J. S.
    [J]. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 2010, 518
  • [9] CERNICHARO J, 1987, ASTRON ASTROPHYS, V183, pL10
  • [10] Reconstructing reality: Strategies for sideband deconvolution
    Comito, C
    Schilke, P
    [J]. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 2002, 395 (01) : 357 - 371