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arxiv: astro-ph/0103264 · v1 · submitted 2001-03-16 · 🌌 astro-ph

Deuterated Ammonia in Galactic Protostellar Cores

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keywords nh2dcoresformationprotostellarsourcesstartowardsabove
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We report on a survey of \nh2d towards protostellar cores in low-mass star formation and quiescent regions in the Galaxy. Twenty-three out of thirty-two observed sources have significant ($\gsim 5\sigma$) \nh2d emission. Ion-molecule chemistry, which preferentially enhances deuterium in molecules above its cosmological value of \scnot{1.6}{-5} sufficiently explains these abundances. NH2D/NH3 ratios towards Class 0 sources yields information about the ``fossil remnants'' from the era prior to the onset of core collapse and star formation. We compare our observations with predictions of gas-phase chemical networks.

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