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The chemical structure of the very young starless core L1521E | Z. Nagy
; S. Spezzano
; P. Caselli
; A. Vasyunin
; M. Tafalla
; L. Bizzocchi
; D. Prudenzano
; E. Redaelli
; | Date: |
2 Apr 2019 | Abstract: | L1521E is a dense starless core in Taurus that was found to have relatively
low molecular depletion by earlier studies, thus suggesting a recent formation.
We aim to characterize the chemical structure of L1521E and compare it to the
more evolved L1544 pre-stellar core. We have obtained $sim$2.5$ imes$2.5
arcminute maps toward L1521E using the IRAM-30m telescope in transitions of
various species. We derived abundances for the species and compared them to
those obtained toward L1544. We estimated CO depletion factors. Similarly to
L1544, $c$-C$_3$H$_2$ and CH$_3$OH peak at different positions. Most species
peak toward the $c$-C$_3$H$_2$ peak. The CO depletion factor derived toward the
$Herschel$ dust peak is 4.3$pm$1.6, which is about a factor of three lower
than that toward L1544. The abundances of sulfur-bearing molecules are higher
toward L1521E than toward L1544 by factors of $sim$2-20. The abundance of
methanol is similar toward the two cores. The higher abundances of
sulfur-bearing species toward L1521E than toward L1544 suggest that significant
sulfur depletion takes place during the dynamical evolution of dense cores,
from the starless to pre-stellar stage. The CO depletion factor measured toward
L1521E suggests that CO is more depleted than previously found. Similar
CH$_3$OH abundances between L1521E and L1544 hint that methanol is forming at
specific physical conditions in Taurus, characterized by densities of a few
$ imes$10$^4$ cm$^{-3}$ and $N$(H$_2$)$gtrsim$10$^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$, when CO
starts to catastrophically freeze-out, while water can still be significantly
photodissociated, so that the surfaces of dust grains become rich in solid CO
and CH$_3$OH, as already found toward L1544. Methanol can thus provide
selective crucial information about the transition region between dense cores
and the surrounding parent cloud. | Source: | arXiv, 1904.1136 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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