Deuterated molecules in DM Tau: DCO+, but no HDO

GUILLOTEAU, S.; PIÉTU, Vincent; DUTREY, Anne; GUÉLIN, Michel

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200600005

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GUILLOTEAU, S.
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]

PIÉTU, Vincent
Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique [IRAM]

DUTREY, Anne
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]

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Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A. 2006, vol. 448/2, p. L5-L8

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We report the detection of the J=2-1 line of DCO+ in the proto-planetary disk of DM Tau and re-analyze the spectrum covering the 465 GHz transition of HDO in this source, recently published by Ceccarelli et al. (2005). A modelling of the DCO+ line profile with the source parameters derived from high resolution HCO+ observations yields a DCO+/HCO+ abundance ratio of about 0.004, an order of magnitude smaller than that derived in the low mass cores. The re-analysis of the 465 GHz spectrum, using the proper continuum flux (0.5 Jy) and source systemic velocity (6.05 km/s), makes it clear that the absorption features attributed to HDO and C6H are almost certainly unrelated to these species. We show that the line-to-continuum ratio of an absorption line in front of a Keplerian disk can hardly exceed the ratio of the turbulent velocity to the projected rotation velocity at the disk edge, unless the line is optically very thick (tau > 10 000). This ratio is typically 0.1-0.3 in proto-planetary disks and is about 0.15 in DM Tau, much smaller than that for the alleged absorption features. We also show that the detection of H2D+ in DM Tau, previously reported by these authors, is only a 2-sigma detection when the proper velocity is adopted. So far, DCO+ is thus the only deuterated molecule clearly detected in proto-planetary disks.< Réduire

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Stars: circumstellar matter

planetary systems: protoplanetary disks

individual: DM Tau

Radio-lines: stars

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