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Deuterated methanol toward NGC 7538-IRS1

Journal
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Ospina-Zamudio, J.
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Favre, C.
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Kounkel, M.
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Xu, L. -H.
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Neill, J.
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Lefloch, B.
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Faure, A.
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Bergin, E.
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Hartmann, L.
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Abstract
We investigate the deuteration of methanol towards the high-mass star-forming region NGC 7538-IRS1. We carried out a multi-transition study of CH3OH, 13CH3OH, and the deuterated flavors, CH2DOH and CH3OD, between 1.0 and 1.4 mm with the IRAM-30 m antenna. In total, 34 13CH3OH, 13 CH2DOH lines and 20 CH3OD lines spanning a wide range of upper-state energies (Eup) were detected. From the detected transitions, we estimate that the measured D/H does not exceed 1%, with a measured CH2DOH/CH3OH and CH3OD/CH3OH of about (32 ± 8) × 10-4 and (10 ± 4) × 10-4, respectively. This finding is consistent with the hypothesis of a short-timescale formation during the pre-stellar phase. We find a relative abundance CH2DOH/CH3OD ratio of 3.2 ± 1.5. This result is consistent with a statistical deuteration. We cannot exclude H/D exchanges between water and methanol if water deuteration is of the order 0.1%, as suggested by recent Herschel observations.

This paper is dedicated to the memory of our dear colleague, Dr. Li-Hong Xu, who recently passed away.

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627
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