Water line emission in low-mass protostars

Ceccarelli, C.; Loinard, L.; Caux, E.; Castets, A.; Tielens, A. G. G. M.; Molinari, S.; Liseau, R.; Smith, H. and White, G. (1999). Water line emission in low-mass protostars. In: The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium, 22-25 September 1998, Zermatt.

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Abstract

In the quiescent ISM, most water molecules are believed to be frozen in the icy mantles of the dust grains (e.g. van Dishoeck & Blake 1998). However, if a phenomenon energetic enough to evaporate or destroy those mantles occurs, water can be released into the gas phase. In addition, at temperature larger than about 250 K, endothermic reactions in the gas phase can efficiently transform the oxygen not locked into CO molecules into H₂O molecules (Graff & Dalgarno 1987). Both effects can lead to high enhancements of the water gas phase abundance, and lead to intense emission in its far infrared rotational lines. Energetic phenomena and heating are known to occur near low-mass protostars: powerful outflows create strong shocks (e.g. Hollenbach & McKee 1989; Kaufman & Neufeld 1996), while in the infalling envelopes, heating due to the central source and/or compression of the gas, may be sufficient to produce large over-abundances of water (Ceccarelli, Hollenbach & Tielens 1996).

Item Type:	Conference Item
Copyright Holders:	Journal
Extra Information:	The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium edited by V. Ossenkopf et al. GCA-Verlag Herdecke, 1999 pp.283-286
Academic Unit/Department:	Science > Physical Sciences
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR)
Item ID:	33299
Depositing User:	Glenn White
Date Deposited:	25 Apr 2012 08:20
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2012 16:31
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/33299

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