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Molecular Abundances in CRL 618

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dc.creator Pardo Carrión, Juan Ramón
dc.creator Cernicharo, José
dc.date 2007-12-28T12:36:59Z
dc.date 2007-12-28T12:36:59Z
dc.date 2007-01-10
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:59:34Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:59:34Z
dc.identifier The Astrophysical Journal, 654: 978-987 (2007)
dc.identifier 1538-4357
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2636
dc.identifier 10.1086/509568
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/2636
dc.description In previous works we have modeled the different gas regions of the proto-planetary nebula CRL 618 by studying the large number of lines from the cyanopolyynes detected in a millimeter-wave line survey of this object. In this work we retrieve the rotational temperatures (Tr) and abundance ratios R with respect to HC3N (used as reference) for all molecular species detected in the survey by running grids of models in the (R,Tr) space to find the minimum of a weighted chi^2 defined for this analysis. This provides the best knowledge to date of the (polar) molecular composition of CRL 618 thanks to the uniform calibration of the whole survey and the large number of lines available from each species, allowing comparisons with predictions made by chemical models of C-rich post-AGB objects. A significantly lower value of the 12C/13C ratio has been revealed in the gas closest to central star with respect to the colder and outer envelope. It can be due to 13C-rich material, produced in a late CNO cycling occurred in the central star, being currently injected into this inner gas envelope.
dc.description We thank the support of the IRAM 30 m staff during the long completion of the line survey. CSO operations are supported by US NSF grant AST 02-29008. This work has been supported by Spanish grants AYA2003-02785 (National Administration) and S-0505 ESP-0237 (Madrid Region Administration).
dc.description Peer reviewed
dc.format 811182 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Astronomical Society
dc.publisher University of Chicago Press
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Circumstellar matter
dc.subject ISM: molecules
dc.subject Radio lines: stars
dc.subject Stars: AGB and post-AGB
dc.subject Stars: carbon
dc.subject Stars: individual (CRL 618)
dc.title Molecular Abundances in CRL 618
dc.type Artículo


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