NH3 isotope ratios of Galactic disk sources Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Chen J.L.
  2. Zhang J.S.
  3. Henkel C.
  4. Yan Y.T.
  5. Yu H.Z.
  6. Qiu J.J.
  7. Tang X.D.,Wang J.
  8. Liu W.
  9. Wang Y.X.
  10. Zheng Y.H.
  11. Zhao J.Y.
  12. Zou Y.P.
  13. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Our aim is to measure the interstellar ^14^N/^15^N ratio across the Galaxy, to establish a standard data set on interstellar ammonia isotope ratios, and to provide new constraints on the Galactic chemical evolution. The (J,K)=(1,1), (2,2), and (3,3) lines of ^14^NH_3_ and ^15^NH_3_ were observed with the Shanghai Tianma 65m radio telescope (TMRT) and the Effelsberg 100m telescope toward a large sample of 210 sources. One hundred fourty-one of these sources were detected by the TMRT in ^14^NH_3_. Eight of them were also detected in ^15^NH_3_. For 10 of the 36 sources with strong NH_3_ emission, the Effelsberg 100m telescope successfully detected their ^15^NH_3_(1,1) lines, including 3 sources (G081.7522, W51D, and Orion-KL) with detections by the TMRT telescope. Thus, a total of 15 sources are detected in both the ^14^NH_3_ and ^15^NH_3_ lines. Line and physical parameters for these 15 sources are derived, including optical depths, rotation and kinetic temperatures, and total column densities. ^14^N/^15^N isotope ratios were determined from the ^14^NH_3_/^15^NH_3_ abundance ratios. The isotope ratios obtained from both telescopes agree for a given source within the uncertainties, and no dependence on heliocentric distance and kinetic temperature is seen. ^14^N/^15^N ratios tend to increase with galactocentric distance, confirming a radial nitrogen isotope gradient. This is consistent with results from recent Galactic chemical model calculations, including the impact of superasymptotic giant branch stars and novae.

Keywords
  1. molecular-physics
  2. interstellar-medium
  3. radio-astronomy
  4. milky-way-galaxy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021ApJS..257...39C
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2022-04-05T14:29:12Z
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