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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cosentino, G.
• Tan, J. C.
• Jimenez-Serra, I.
• Fontani, F.
• Caselli, P.
• Henshaw, J. D.
• Barnes, A. T.
• Law, C.-Y.
• Viti, S.
• Fedriani, R.
• Hsu, C.-J.
• Gorai, P.
• Zeng, S.

Titel

Deuterium fractionation across the infrared-dark cloud G034.77−00.55 interacting with the supernova remnant W44

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• Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), 2023-07, Vol.675

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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• Supernova remnants (SNRs) may regulate star formation in galaxies. For example, SNR-driven shocks may form new molecular gas or compress pre-existing clouds and trigger the formation of new stars. Aims. To test this scenario, we measured the deuteration of N2H+, DNfrac 2H+- a well-studied tracer of pre-stellar cores - across the infrared-dark cloud (IRDC) G034.77-00.55, which is known to be experiencing a shock interaction with the SNR W44. Methods. We use N2H+ and N2D+ J = 1-0 single pointing observations obtained with the 30m antenna at the Instituto de Radioastronomia Millimetrica to infer DN2H+ frac towards five positions across the cloud, namely a massive core, different regions across the shock front, a dense clump, and ambient gas. Results. We find DN2H+ frac in the range 0.03-0.1, which is several orders of magnitude larger than the cosmic D/H ratio (∼10-5). The DN2H+ frac across the shock front is enhanced by more than a factor of 2 (DNfrac 2H+∼ 0.05-0.07) with respect to the ambient gas (=0.03) and similar to that measured generally in pre-stellar cores. Indeed, in the massive core and dense clump regions of this IRDC we measure DN2H+ frac ∼ 0.1.