Measuring the $\mathrm{^{34}S}$ and $\mathrm{^{33}S}$ isotopic ratios of volatile sulfur during planet formation

Fuente: arXiv
Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Booth, Alice S., Drozdovskaya, Maria N., Temmink, Milou, Nomura, Hideko, van Dishoeck, Ewine F., Keyte, Luke, Law, Charles J., Leemker, Margot, van der Marel, Nienke, Notsu, Shota, Öberg, Karin, Walsh, Catherine
Formato: Preprint
Publicado: 2024
Materias:
Acceso en línea:
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1866916384565362688
author Booth, Alice S.
Drozdovskaya, Maria N.
Temmink, Milou
Nomura, Hideko
van Dishoeck, Ewine F.
Keyte, Luke
Law, Charles J.
Leemker, Margot
van der Marel, Nienke
Notsu, Shota
Öberg, Karin
Walsh, Catherine
author_facet Booth, Alice S.
Drozdovskaya, Maria N.
Temmink, Milou
Nomura, Hideko
van Dishoeck, Ewine F.
Keyte, Luke
Law, Charles J.
Leemker, Margot
van der Marel, Nienke
Notsu, Shota
Öberg, Karin
Walsh, Catherine
contents Stable isotopic ratios constitute powerful tools for unraveling the thermal and irradiation history of volatiles. In particular, we can use our knowledge of the isotopic fractionation processes active during the various stages of star, disk and planet formation to infer the origins of different volatiles with measured isotopic patterns in our own solar system. Observations of planet-forming disks with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) now readily detect the heavier isotopologues of C, O and N, while the isotopologue abundances and isotopic fractionation mechanisms of sulfur species are less well understood. Using ALMA observations of the SO and SO2 isotopologues in the nearby, molecule-rich disk around the young star Oph-IRS 48 we present the first constraints on the combined 32S/34S and 32S/33S isotope ratios in a planet-forming disk. Given that these isotopologues likely originate in relatively warm gas (>50 K), like most other Oph-IRS 48 volatiles, SO is depleted in heavy sulfur while SO2 is enriched compared to solar system values. However, we cannot completely rule out a cooler gas reservoir, which would put the SO sulfur ratios more in line with comets and other solar system bodies. We also constrain the S18O/SO ratio and find the limit to be consistent with solar system values given a temperature of 60 K. Together these observations show that we should not assume solar isotopic values for disk sulfur reservoirs, but additional observations are needed to determine the chemical origin of the abundant SO in this disk, inform on what isotopic fractionation mechanism(s) are at play, and aid in unravelling the history of the sulfur budget during the different stages of planet formation.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2409_03885
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Measuring the $\mathrm{^{34}S}$ and $\mathrm{^{33}S}$ isotopic ratios of volatile sulfur during planet formation
Booth, Alice S.
Drozdovskaya, Maria N.
Temmink, Milou
Nomura, Hideko
van Dishoeck, Ewine F.
Keyte, Luke
Law, Charles J.
Leemker, Margot
van der Marel, Nienke
Notsu, Shota
Öberg, Karin
Walsh, Catherine
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Stable isotopic ratios constitute powerful tools for unraveling the thermal and irradiation history of volatiles. In particular, we can use our knowledge of the isotopic fractionation processes active during the various stages of star, disk and planet formation to infer the origins of different volatiles with measured isotopic patterns in our own solar system. Observations of planet-forming disks with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) now readily detect the heavier isotopologues of C, O and N, while the isotopologue abundances and isotopic fractionation mechanisms of sulfur species are less well understood. Using ALMA observations of the SO and SO2 isotopologues in the nearby, molecule-rich disk around the young star Oph-IRS 48 we present the first constraints on the combined 32S/34S and 32S/33S isotope ratios in a planet-forming disk. Given that these isotopologues likely originate in relatively warm gas (>50 K), like most other Oph-IRS 48 volatiles, SO is depleted in heavy sulfur while SO2 is enriched compared to solar system values. However, we cannot completely rule out a cooler gas reservoir, which would put the SO sulfur ratios more in line with comets and other solar system bodies. We also constrain the S18O/SO ratio and find the limit to be consistent with solar system values given a temperature of 60 K. Together these observations show that we should not assume solar isotopic values for disk sulfur reservoirs, but additional observations are needed to determine the chemical origin of the abundant SO in this disk, inform on what isotopic fractionation mechanism(s) are at play, and aid in unravelling the history of the sulfur budget during the different stages of planet formation.
title Measuring the $\mathrm{^{34}S}$ and $\mathrm{^{33}S}$ isotopic ratios of volatile sulfur during planet formation
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03885