More sulphur in TMC-1: Discovery of the NC$_3$S and HC$_3$S radicals with the QUIJOTE line survey

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Autori principali: Cernicharo, J., Cabezas, C., Agúndez, M., Fuentetaja, R., Tercero, B., Marcelino, N., de Vicente, P.
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author Cernicharo, J.
Cabezas, C.
Agúndez, M.
Fuentetaja, R.
Tercero, B.
Marcelino, N.
de Vicente, P.
author_facet Cernicharo, J.
Cabezas, C.
Agúndez, M.
Fuentetaja, R.
Tercero, B.
Marcelino, N.
de Vicente, P.
contents We present the detection of the free radicals NC$_3$S and HC$_3$S towards TMC-1 with the QUIJOTE line survey. The derived column densities are (1.4$\pm$0.2)$\times$10$^{11}$ for NC$_3$S and (1.5$\pm$0.2)$\times$10$^{11}$ for HC$_3$S. We searched for NCCS, but only three transitions are within the domain of our QUIJOTE line survey and the observed lines are marginally detected at the 3$σ$ level, providing an upper limit to its column density of $\leq$6$\times$10$^{10}$ cm$^{-2}$. We also unsuccessfully searched for longer species of the NC$_n$S (n$\ge$4) and HC$_n$S (n$\ge$5) families in our TMC-1 data. A chemical model based on a reduced set of reactions involving HC$_3$S and NC$_3$S predicts abundances that are 10-100 times below the observed values. These calculations indicate that the most efficient reactions of formation of HC$_3$S and NC$_3$S in the model are S + C$_3$H$_2$ and N + HC$_3$S, respectively, while both radicals are very efficiently destroyed through reactions with neutral atoms.
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spellingShingle More sulphur in TMC-1: Discovery of the NC$_3$S and HC$_3$S radicals with the QUIJOTE line survey
Cernicharo, J.
Cabezas, C.
Agúndez, M.
Fuentetaja, R.
Tercero, B.
Marcelino, N.
de Vicente, P.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We present the detection of the free radicals NC$_3$S and HC$_3$S towards TMC-1 with the QUIJOTE line survey. The derived column densities are (1.4$\pm$0.2)$\times$10$^{11}$ for NC$_3$S and (1.5$\pm$0.2)$\times$10$^{11}$ for HC$_3$S. We searched for NCCS, but only three transitions are within the domain of our QUIJOTE line survey and the observed lines are marginally detected at the 3$σ$ level, providing an upper limit to its column density of $\leq$6$\times$10$^{10}$ cm$^{-2}$. We also unsuccessfully searched for longer species of the NC$_n$S (n$\ge$4) and HC$_n$S (n$\ge$5) families in our TMC-1 data. A chemical model based on a reduced set of reactions involving HC$_3$S and NC$_3$S predicts abundances that are 10-100 times below the observed values. These calculations indicate that the most efficient reactions of formation of HC$_3$S and NC$_3$S in the model are S + C$_3$H$_2$ and N + HC$_3$S, respectively, while both radicals are very efficiently destroyed through reactions with neutral atoms.
title More sulphur in TMC-1: Discovery of the NC$_3$S and HC$_3$S radicals with the QUIJOTE line survey
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15275