J/A+A/605/L3 SOLIS. II. L1157-B1 NH2CHO image (Codella+, 2017)
Seeds of Life in Space (SOLIS).
II. Formamide in protostellar shocks: evidence for gas-phase formation.
Codella C., Ceccarelli C., Caselli P., Balucani N., Baroneinst V.,
Fontani F., Lefloch B., Podio L., Viti S., Feng S., Bachiller R.,
Bianchi E., Dulieu F., Jimenez-Serra I., Holdship J., Neri R., Pineda J.,
Pon A., Sims I., Spezzano S., Vasyunin A.I., Alves F., Bizzocchi L.,
Bottinelli S., Caux E., Chacon-Tanarro A., Choudhury R., Coutens A.,
Favre C., Hily-Blant P., Kahane C., Jaber Al-Edhari A., Laas J.,
Lopez-Sepulcre A., Ospina J., Oya Y., Punanova A., Puzzarini C.,
Quenard D., Rimola A., Sakai N., Skouteris D., Taquet V., Testi L.,
Theule P., Ugliengo P., Vastel C., Vazart F., Wiesenfeld L., Yamamoto S.
<Astron. Astrophys. 605, L3 (2017)>
=2017A&A...605L...3C 2017A&A...605L...3C (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Interstellar medium ; Interferometry
Keywords: stars: formation - ISM: jets and outflows - ISM: molecules -
ISM: individual objects: L1157-B1
Abstract:
Modern versions of the Miller-Urey experiment claim that formamide
(NH2CHO) could be the starting point for the formation of metabolic
and genetic macromolecules. Intriguingly, formamide is indeed observed
in regions forming Solar-type stars as well as in external galaxies.
How NH2CHO is formed has been a puzzle for decades: our goal is to
contribute to the hotly debated question of whether formamide is
mostly formed via gas-phase or grain surface chemistry.
We used the NOEMA interferometer to image NH2CHO towards the
L1157-B1 blue-shifted shock, a well known interstellar laboratory, to
study how the components of dust mantles and cores released into the
gas phase triggers the formation of formamide. Results. We report the
first spatially resolved image (size ∼9", ∼2300AU) of formamide
emission in a shocked region around a Sun-like protostar: the line
profiles are blueshifted and have a FWHM~=5km/s. A column density of
N(NH2CHO)=8x1012cm-1, and an abundance (with respect to
H-nuclei) of 4x10-9 are derived. We show a spatial segregation of
formamide with respect to other organic species. Our observations,
coupled with a chemical modelling analysis, indicate that the
formamide observed in L1157-B1 is formed by gas-phase chemical
process, and not on grain surfaces as previously suggested.
The SOLIS interferometric observations of formamide provide direct
evidence that this potentially crucial brick of life is efficiently
formed in the gas-phase around Sun-like protostars.
Description:
Datacube in fits format of the NH2CHO(41,4-31,3) emission imaged
towards L1157-B1 using the IRAM-NOEMA interferometer (see Fig. 1).
The L1157-B1 shock was observed at 3mm with the IRAM NOEMA
seven-element array during several tracks in July, October, and
November 2015 using both the C and D configurations. The shortest and
longest baselines are 19m and 237m, respectively, allowing us to
recover emission at scales up to ∼17".
Objects:
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RA (2000) DE Designation(s)
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20 39 09.5 +68 01 10 L1157-B1 = [DE95] LDN 1157 B1
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File Summary:
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ReadMe 80 . This file
list.dat 95 1 Informations of fits image
fig1.fits 2880 94 Fits image
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See also:
J/A+A/605/A57 : SOLIS. II. OMC2-FIR4 HC3N and HC5N images (Fontani+, 2017)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: list.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 9 F9.5 deg RAdeg Right Ascension of center (J2000)
10- 18 F9.5 deg DEdeg Declination of center (J2000)
20- 22 I3 --- Nx Number of pixels along X-axis
24- 26 I3 --- Ny Number of pixels along Y-axis
28- 30 I3 Kibyte size Size of FITS file
32- 40 A9 --- FileName Name of FITS file
42- 95 A54 --- Title Title of the FITS file
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Acknowledgements:
Claudio Codella, codella(at)arcetri.astro.it
References:
Fontani et al., Paper I, 2017A&A...605A..57F 2017A&A...605A..57F, Cat. J/A+A/605/A57
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 21-Aug-2017