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THE ABUNDANCE OF H2O AND HDO IN ORION KL FROM HERSCHEL/HIFI

Journal

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 770, Issue 2, Pages -

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/770/2/142

Keywords

astrochemistry; ISM: abundances; ISM: individual objects (Orion KL); ISM: molecules

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  1. NASA through an award issued by JPL/Caltech

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Using a broadband, high spectral resolution survey toward the Orion Kleinmann-Low nebula acquired with Herschel/HIFI as part of the Herschel Observations of Extra-Ordinary Sources key program, we derive the abundances of H2O and HDO in the different spatial/velocity components associated with this massive star-forming region: the Hot Core, Compact Ridge, and Plateau. A total of 20 transitions of (H2O)-O-18, 14 of (H2O)-O-17, 37 of (HDO)-O-16, 6 of (HDO)-O-18, and 6 of D2O are used in the analysis, spanning from ground state transitions to over 1200 K in upper-state energy. Low-excitation lines are detected in multiple components, but the highest-excitation lines (E-u > 500 K) are well modeled as emitting from a small (similar to 2 '') clump with a high abundance of H2O (chi = 6.5 x 10(-4) relative to H-2) and a HDO/H2O ratio of 0.003. Using high spatial resolution (1.'' 5 x 1.'' 1) images of two transitions of HDO measured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array as part of its science verification phase, we identify this component as located near, but not directly coincident with, known continuum sources in the Hot Core region. Significant HDO/H2O fractionation is also seen in the Compact Ridge and Plateau components. The outflowing gas, observed with both emission and absorption components, has a lower HDO/H2O ratio than the compact components in Orion Kleinmann-Low, which we propose could be due to modification by gas-phase shock chemistry.

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