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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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Caption: Figure 5.

Spherical physical model of G205.46−14.56 M3 B1 based on spectra extracted along the southwest cut in the non-LTE radiative transfer analysis. The finer model grid (light gray vertical lines) resolves the x(o-H2D+) profile with a step size of 0﹩\mathop{.}\limits^{^{\prime\prime} }﹩79, while the coarser model grid (dark gray vertical lines) resolves the x(N2D+) and x(N2H+) profiles with a step size of 2﹩\mathop{.}\limits^{^{\prime\prime} }﹩38. (a) Plummer-like ﹩{n}_{{{\rm{H}}}_{2}}﹩ profile is adopted from D. Sahu et al. (2023), with error bars reflecting a factor-of-2 variation due to typical dust opacity uncertainties. (b) Tk profile is assumed to be 10 K, except for r < 1﹩\mathop{.}\limits^{^{\prime\prime} }﹩91, where 8 K is inferred from multitransition N2H+ observations. The Tex profiles derived from non-LTE modeling are shown for each spectral line. (c) Volumetric abundance profiles, including (d) N2H+ deuteration, are fitted to the extracted spectra (Figure 4) with 1σ error bars shown. Chemodynamical model results at a core age of 0.42 Ma for the ﹩{n}_{{{\rm{H}}}_{2}}﹩, Tk, x(o-H2D+), and several deuteration profiles are overlaid for comparison.

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