Published September 20, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

DEUTERIUM CHEMISTRY IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS. II. THE INNER 30 AU

  • 1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States)
  • 2. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL (United Kingdom)

Description

We present the results of models of the chemistry, including deuterium, in the inner regions of protostellar disks. We find good agreement with recent gas-phase observations of several (non-deuterated) species. We also compare our results with observations of comets and find that in the absence of other processing, e.g., in the accretion shock at the surface of the disk, or by mixing in the disk, the calculated D/H ratios in ices are higher than measured and reflect the D/H ratio set in the molecular cloud phase. Our models give quite different abundances and molecular distributions to other inner disk models because of the differences in physical conditions in the model disk. This emphasizes how changes in the assumptions about the density and temperature distribution can radically affect the results of chemical models.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/479

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
703
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 479-499
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41102464
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ABUNDANCE; CLOUDS; COMETS; DEUTERIUM; ICE; MATTER; PROTOPLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; STARS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
Descriptors DEC
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; STABLE ISOTOPES