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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 440, 期 2, 页码 583-593出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20052991
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ISM : abundances; ISM : molecules; stars : formation; astrochemistry; planetary systems : protoplanetary disks
Probing the gas and dust in proto-planetary disks is central for understanding the process of planet formation. In disks surrounding solar type protostars, the bulk of the disk mass resides in the outer midplane, which is cold (= 20 K), dense (>= 10(7) cm(-3)) and depleted of CO. Observing the disk midplane has proved, therefore, to be a formidable challenge. Ceccarelli et al. ( 2004) detected H2D+ emission in a proto-planetary disk and claimed that it probes the midplane gas. Indeed, since all heavy-elements bearing molecules condense out onto the grain mantles, the most abundant ions in the disk midplane are predicted to be H-3(+) and its isotopomers. In this article, we carry out a theoretical study of the chemical structure of the outer midplane of proto-planetary disks. Using a self-consistent physical model for the flaring disk structure, we compute the abundances of H-3(+) and its deuterated forms across the disk midplane. We also provide the average column densities across the disk of H-3(+), H2D+, HD2+ and D-3(+), and line intensities of the ground transitions of the ortho and para forms of H2D+ and HD2+ respectively. We discuss how the results depend on the cosmic ray ionization rate, dust-to-gas ratio and average grain radius, and general stellar/disk parameters. An important factor is the poorly understood freeze-out of N-2 molecules onto grains, which we investigate in depth. We finally summarize the diagnostic values of observations of the H-3(+) isotopomers.
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