The ALMA-PILS survey: first detection of the unsaturated 3-carbon molecules Propenal (C2H3CHO) and Propylene (C3H6) towards IRAS 16293-2422 B
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The ALMA-PILS survey : first detection of the unsaturated 3-carbon molecules Propenal (C2H3CHO) and Propylene (C3H6) towards IRAS 16293-2422 B. / Manigand, S.; Coutens, A.; Loison, J. -C.; Wakelam, V.; Calcutt, H.; Mueller, H. S. P.; Jorgensen, J. K.; Taquet, V.; Wampfler, S. F.; Bourke, T. L.; Kulterer, B. M.; van Dishoeck, E. F.; Drozdovskaya, M. N.; Ligterink, N. F. W.
In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 645, A53, 2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The ALMA-PILS survey
T2 - first detection of the unsaturated 3-carbon molecules Propenal (C2H3CHO) and Propylene (C3H6) towards IRAS 16293-2422 B
AU - Manigand, S.
AU - Coutens, A.
AU - Loison, J. -C.
AU - Wakelam, V.
AU - Calcutt, H.
AU - Mueller, H. S. P.
AU - Jorgensen, J. K.
AU - Taquet, V.
AU - Wampfler, S. F.
AU - Bourke, T. L.
AU - Kulterer, B. M.
AU - van Dishoeck, E. F.
AU - Drozdovskaya, M. N.
AU - Ligterink, N. F. W.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Context. Complex organic molecules with three carbon atoms are found in the earliest stages of star formation. In particular, propenal (C2H3CHO) is a species of interest due to its implication in the formation of more complex species and even biotic molecules.Aims. This study aims to search for the presence of C2H3CHO and other three-carbon species such as propylene (C3H6) in the hot corino region of the low-mass protostellar binary IRAS 16293-2422 to understand their formation pathways.Methods. We use ALMA observations in Band 6 and 7 from various surveys to search for the presence of C3H6 and C2H3CHO towards the protostar IRAS 16293-2422 B (IRAS 16293B). The identification of the species and the estimates of the column densities and excitation temperatures are carried out by modeling the observed spectrum under the assumption of local thermodynamical equilibrium.Results. We report the detection of both C3H6 and C2H3CHO towards IRAS 16293B, however, no unblended lines were found towards the other component of the binary system, IRAS 16293A. We derive column density upper limits for C3H8, HCCCHO, n-C3H7OH, i-C3H7OH, C3O, and cis-HC(O)CHO towards IRAS 16293B. We then use a three-phase chemical model to simulate the formation of these species in a typical prestellar environment followed by its hydrodynamical collapse until the birth of the central protostar. Different formation paths, such as successive hydrogenation and radical-radical additions on grain surfaces, are tested and compared to the observational results in a number of different simulations, to assess which are the dominant formation mechanisms in the most embedded region of the protostar.Conclusions. The simulations reproduce the abundances within one order of magnitude from those observed towards IRAS 16293B, with the best agreement found for a rate of 10(-12) cm(3) s(-1) for the gas-phase reaction C-3 + O -> C-2 + CO. Successive hydrogenations of C-3, HC(O)CHO, and CH3OCHO on grain surfaces are a major and crucial formation route of complex organics molecules, whereas both successive hydrogenation pathways and radical-radical addition reactions contribute to the formation of C2H5CHO.
AB - Context. Complex organic molecules with three carbon atoms are found in the earliest stages of star formation. In particular, propenal (C2H3CHO) is a species of interest due to its implication in the formation of more complex species and even biotic molecules.Aims. This study aims to search for the presence of C2H3CHO and other three-carbon species such as propylene (C3H6) in the hot corino region of the low-mass protostellar binary IRAS 16293-2422 to understand their formation pathways.Methods. We use ALMA observations in Band 6 and 7 from various surveys to search for the presence of C3H6 and C2H3CHO towards the protostar IRAS 16293-2422 B (IRAS 16293B). The identification of the species and the estimates of the column densities and excitation temperatures are carried out by modeling the observed spectrum under the assumption of local thermodynamical equilibrium.Results. We report the detection of both C3H6 and C2H3CHO towards IRAS 16293B, however, no unblended lines were found towards the other component of the binary system, IRAS 16293A. We derive column density upper limits for C3H8, HCCCHO, n-C3H7OH, i-C3H7OH, C3O, and cis-HC(O)CHO towards IRAS 16293B. We then use a three-phase chemical model to simulate the formation of these species in a typical prestellar environment followed by its hydrodynamical collapse until the birth of the central protostar. Different formation paths, such as successive hydrogenation and radical-radical additions on grain surfaces, are tested and compared to the observational results in a number of different simulations, to assess which are the dominant formation mechanisms in the most embedded region of the protostar.Conclusions. The simulations reproduce the abundances within one order of magnitude from those observed towards IRAS 16293B, with the best agreement found for a rate of 10(-12) cm(3) s(-1) for the gas-phase reaction C-3 + O -> C-2 + CO. Successive hydrogenations of C-3, HC(O)CHO, and CH3OCHO on grain surfaces are a major and crucial formation route of complex organics molecules, whereas both successive hydrogenation pathways and radical-radical addition reactions contribute to the formation of C2H5CHO.
KW - astrochemistry
KW - stars: protostars
KW - stars: low-mass
KW - ISM: molecules
KW - ISM: individual objects: IRAS 16293-2422
KW - submillimeter: ISM
KW - SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE SPECTRUM
KW - MILLIMETER-WAVE
KW - MICROWAVE-SPECTRUM
KW - INTERNAL-ROTATION
KW - ETHYLENE-GLYCOL
KW - GROUND-STATE
KW - INTERSTELLAR CHEMISTRY
KW - POTENTIAL FUNCTION
KW - ORGANIC-MOLECULES
KW - COLOGNE DATABASE
U2 - 10.1051/0004-6361/202038113
DO - 10.1051/0004-6361/202038113
M3 - Journal article
VL - 645
JO - Astronomy & Astrophysics
JF - Astronomy & Astrophysics
SN - 0004-6361
M1 - A53
ER -
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