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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 591, 期 2, 页码 986-999出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/375483
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astrochemistry; ISM : abundances; ISM : molecules; stars : individual (rho Ophiuchi A; chi Ophiuchi)
Ultraviolet absorption from interstellar (CO)-C-12 and (CO)-C-13 was detected toward rho Oph A and chi Oph. The measurements were obtained at medium resolution with the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope. Column density ratios, N((CO)-C-12)/ N((CO)-C-13), of 125 +/- 23 and 117 +/- 35 were derived for the sight lines toward rho Oph A and chi Oph, respectively. A value of 1100 +/- 600 for the ratio N((CO)-C-12-O-16)/ N((CO)-C-12-O-18) toward rho Oph A was also obtained. Absorption from vibrationally excited H-2 (v = 3) was clearly seen toward this star as well. The ratios are larger than the isotopic ratios for carbon and oxygen appropriate for ambient interstellar material. Since for both carbon and oxygen the more abundant isotopomer is enhanced, selective isotopic photodissociation plays the key role in the fractionation process for these directions. The enhancement arises because the more abundant isotopomer has lines that are more optically thick, resulting in more self-shielding from dissociating radiation. A simple argument involving the amount of self-shielding [from N((CO)-C-12)] and the strength of the ultraviolet radiation field permeating the gas ( from the amount of vibrationally excited H-2) shows that selective isotopic photodissociation controls the fractionation seen in these two sight lines, as well as the sight line to zeta Oph.
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