Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). V. Deuterium Fractionation of Methanol

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Main Authors: Sakai, Takeshi, Shiomura, Nobuhito, Sanhueza, Patricio, Furuya, Kenji, Olguin, Fernando A., Tatematsu, Ken'ichi, Aikawa, Yuri, Taniguchi, Kotomi, Chen, Huei-Ru Vivien, Morii, Kaho, Nakamura, Fumitaka, Li, Shanghuo, Lu, Xing, Zhang, Qizhou, Hirota, Tomoya, Ishihara, Kousuke, Ke, Hongda, Sakai, Nami, Yamamoto, Satoshi
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author Sakai, Takeshi
Shiomura, Nobuhito
Sanhueza, Patricio
Furuya, Kenji
Olguin, Fernando A.
Tatematsu, Ken'ichi
Aikawa, Yuri
Taniguchi, Kotomi
Chen, Huei-Ru Vivien
Morii, Kaho
Nakamura, Fumitaka
Li, Shanghuo
Lu, Xing
Zhang, Qizhou
Hirota, Tomoya
Ishihara, Kousuke
Ke, Hongda
Sakai, Nami
Yamamoto, Satoshi
author_facet Sakai, Takeshi
Shiomura, Nobuhito
Sanhueza, Patricio
Furuya, Kenji
Olguin, Fernando A.
Tatematsu, Ken'ichi
Aikawa, Yuri
Taniguchi, Kotomi
Chen, Huei-Ru Vivien
Morii, Kaho
Nakamura, Fumitaka
Li, Shanghuo
Lu, Xing
Zhang, Qizhou
Hirota, Tomoya
Ishihara, Kousuke
Ke, Hongda
Sakai, Nami
Yamamoto, Satoshi
contents We have observed the $^{13}$CH$_3$OH $5_1-4_1$ A$^+$, $^{13}$CH$_3$OH $14_1-13_2$ A$^-$, and CH$_2$DOH $8_{2,6}-8_{1,7}$ $e_0$ lines toward 24 high-mass star-forming regions by using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) with an angular resolution of about 0$^{\prime\prime}$.3. This resolution corresponds to a linear scale of 400-1600 au, allowing us to resolve individual cores properly. We detected the $^{13}$CH$_3$OH and CH$_2$DOH emission near the continuum peaks in many of these regions. From the two $^{13}$CH$_3$OH lines, we calculated the temperature toward the $^{13}$CH$_3$OH peaks, and confirm that the emission traces hot ($>$100 K) regions. The $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratio in the observed high-mass star-forming regions is found to be lower than that in low-mass star-forming regions. We have found no correlation between the $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{13}$CH$_3$OH) or $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratios and either temperatures or distance to the sources, and have also found a source-to-source variation in these ratios. Our model calculations predict that the $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratio in hot cores depends on the duration of the cold phase; the shorter the cold phase, the lower the deuterium fractionation in the hot cores. We have suggested that the lower $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratio in high-mass star-forming regions compared to that in low-mass star-forming regions is due to the shorter duration of the cold phase and that the diversity in the $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratio in high-mass star-forming regions is due to the diversity in the length of the cold prestellar phase, and not the time that the objects have been in the hot core phase.
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spellingShingle Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). V. Deuterium Fractionation of Methanol
Sakai, Takeshi
Shiomura, Nobuhito
Sanhueza, Patricio
Furuya, Kenji
Olguin, Fernando A.
Tatematsu, Ken'ichi
Aikawa, Yuri
Taniguchi, Kotomi
Chen, Huei-Ru Vivien
Morii, Kaho
Nakamura, Fumitaka
Li, Shanghuo
Lu, Xing
Zhang, Qizhou
Hirota, Tomoya
Ishihara, Kousuke
Ke, Hongda
Sakai, Nami
Yamamoto, Satoshi
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We have observed the $^{13}$CH$_3$OH $5_1-4_1$ A$^+$, $^{13}$CH$_3$OH $14_1-13_2$ A$^-$, and CH$_2$DOH $8_{2,6}-8_{1,7}$ $e_0$ lines toward 24 high-mass star-forming regions by using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) with an angular resolution of about 0$^{\prime\prime}$.3. This resolution corresponds to a linear scale of 400-1600 au, allowing us to resolve individual cores properly. We detected the $^{13}$CH$_3$OH and CH$_2$DOH emission near the continuum peaks in many of these regions. From the two $^{13}$CH$_3$OH lines, we calculated the temperature toward the $^{13}$CH$_3$OH peaks, and confirm that the emission traces hot ($>$100 K) regions. The $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratio in the observed high-mass star-forming regions is found to be lower than that in low-mass star-forming regions. We have found no correlation between the $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{13}$CH$_3$OH) or $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratios and either temperatures or distance to the sources, and have also found a source-to-source variation in these ratios. Our model calculations predict that the $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratio in hot cores depends on the duration of the cold phase; the shorter the cold phase, the lower the deuterium fractionation in the hot cores. We have suggested that the lower $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratio in high-mass star-forming regions compared to that in low-mass star-forming regions is due to the shorter duration of the cold phase and that the diversity in the $N$(CH$_2$DOH)/$N$($^{12}$CH$_3$OH) ratio in high-mass star-forming regions is due to the diversity in the length of the cold prestellar phase, and not the time that the objects have been in the hot core phase.
title Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). V. Deuterium Fractionation of Methanol
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05094