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Unveiling Central Ortho-H2D+ Depletion at Sub-kau Scales in Prestellar Core G205.46-14.56 M3: The First Interferometric Evidence and Implications for Deuterium Chemistry

  • Authors: Sheng-Jun Lin, Sheng-Yaun Liu, Dipen Sahu, Laurent Pagani, Tien-Hao Hsieh, Naomi Hirano, Shih-Ping Lai, Tie Liu, Shih-Ying Hsu, Shanghuo Li, Kee-Tae Kim

Sheng-Jun Lin et al 2025 The Astrophysical Journal 995 .

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Ortho-H2D+ column density analysis assuming LTE with Tex = 8 K. Calculations are limited to regions with ortho-H2D+ (110–111) integrated intensities of S/N > 3. (a) Spectral peak map overlaid with contour levels at 4σ, 6σ, and 8σ, where 1σ = 0.17 K. These ﹩{T}_{{\rm{b}}}﹩ contour levels correspond to optical depths, ﹩{\tau }_{\nu }﹩, of the order of 0.4, 0.7, and 1.0. (b) o-H2D+ column density map, N(o-H2D+), overlaid with contour levels at 5σ, 8σ, 11σ, and 14σ, where σ = 1.7 × 1012 cm-2. (c) Molecular hydrogen column density map, N(H2), derived from dust continuum emission assuming Tdust = 8 K. Contour levels are at 3σ, 7σ, and 11σ, corresponding to 8.5 × 1022, 2.0 × 1023, and 3.1 × 1023 cm−2, with σ = 2.8 × 1022 cm−2. (d) Column abundance map, X(o-H2D+) = N(o-H2D+)/N(H2), masked at the cyan N(H2) 3σ contour, with logarithmically spaced X(o-H2D+) contour levels annotated on the panel. Crosses mark the substructures B1 and B2, and cyan asterisks/circles indicate positions used for non-LTE radiative transfer modeling (Section 4.3). Beam sizes and spatial scales are shown in the bottom left and top right corners, respectively.

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