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CH + , CH, and CN Emission from the Red Rectangle

CH + , CH, and CN Emission from the Red Rectangle. Lewis M. Hobbs, Julie A. Thorburn, D. G. York, Takeshi Oka, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the University of Chicago, Theodore P. Snow, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, and John Barentine,

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CH + , CH, and CN Emission from the Red Rectangle

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  1. CH+, CH, and CN Emission from the Red Rectangle Lewis M. Hobbs, Julie A. Thorburn, D. G. York, Takeshi Oka, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the University of Chicago, Theodore P. Snow, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, and John Barentine, New Mexico State University and Apache Point Observatory 59th Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy WI02, 2:05 pm, June 23, 2004

  2. 1937 Birth of Molecular Astrophysics Theodore Dunham, Jr. 1897-1984 Walter Sydney Adams, 1876-1956 • T. Adams, Jr. PASP 49, 29 (1937) PAAS 9, 5 (1937) • P. Swings & L. Rosenfeld, ApJ 86, 483 (1937) • McKellar, PASP 52, 187, 312 (1940) 53, 233 (1941) CH CN • Pub. Dom. Astroph. Obs. 7, 251 (1941) • A. E. Douglas and G. Herzberg, ApJ 94, 381 (1941) CH+

  3. Men’shchikov et al. A & A 393, 867 (2002)

  4. Apache Point Observatory 3.5-meter • 3,800–10,000 Å ; / ~ 38,000 (8 km/s) • S/N ~ 1000 • 7 nights, from Feb. 2001 to Feb. 2004 • 134 emission lines detected. 57 atomic, 76 molecular

  5. CH+ (0 - 0) 4236 Å Waelkens, van Winckel, Trams, Waters, A & A 256, L15 (1992) Balm and Jura, A & A 261, L25 (1992) Hall, Miles, Sarre, Fossey, Nature 358, 629 (1992) Bakkers, van Dishoeck, Waters, Schoenmaker, A & A 323, 469 (1997) (1 0) 3969 Å, (2-1) 4177 Å, (1-1) 4443 Å, (0- 1) 4793 Å, (1-2) 5029 Å, 52 lines up to J = 6 CH 4307 Å 3 lines CN 3875 Å 24 lines up to N = 14

  6. f = 5.45 × 10-3 f = 1.08 × 10-3

  7. CH+(0 - 0) CH (0 - 0) CH+and CH are in different regions

  8. CN up to N = 14

  9. CH+Spontaneous emission time τ A → X τ~ 1 μs Larsson, Siegbahn, CP 76, 175 (1983) v = 1→0 τ~ 1 s Ornellas, Machado, JCP 84, 1296 (1985) J = 6→5 τ~ 2.15 s Sun, Freed, JCP 88, 2659 (1988) μA→X = 0.47 Debye μ1→0 = 0.0105 Debye μ0 = 1.656 Debye B0 = 13.9302 cm-1 Critical density nc ~ 108 cm-3 ! NGC 7072 up to J = 6 Cernicharo, Liu, Gonzalez-Alfonso, Cox, Barlow, Lim, Swinyard, ApJ 483, L65 (1997)

  10. Collisional thermalization ?? What is the collision partner ?? H, H2, (He), (e-)

  11. The Enigma of CH+Chemistry Production C+ + H → CH+ + hν 10-17 cm3 s-1 C+ + H2 → CH+ + H Endothermic by 0.4 eV C + H3+ → CH+ + H2 Destruction CH+ + H → C+ + H2 Exothermic by 0.4 eV CH+ + H2→ CH2+ + H Exothermic by 1.7 eV CH+ + e- → C + H No way to thermalize CH+by collisions!!

  12. C+ + H2*↔ CH+ + H v = 1 0.517 eV Lambert, Danks, ApJ, 303, 401(1986) CH++ H2→ CH2+ + H k1n(C+)n(H2*) = k-1n(CH+)n(H) + k2n(CH+)n(H2) The critical density should still be high > 108 cm-3

  13. CNSpontaneous emission time τ A → X τ~ 0.2 μs Bauschlicher, Langhoff, Taylor (1988) J = 14 → 13 τ~ 12 s Langhoff, Bauschlicher(1989) μ0 = 1.351 Debye B0 = 1.89109 cm-1 Critical density nc ~ 108 cm-3 !

  14. Hertzprung-Russell Diagram R ~ 300R

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