DCO$^+$ and DCN 1-0 survey toward a sample of Planck cold clumps
Abstract
Deuterated molecules can be used to study the physical conditions and the astro-chemical evolution of molecular clouds. large-sample surveys for deuterated molecules are needed to understand the enhancement of deuterated molecules from diffuse molecular gas to cold cores. A single-pointing survey toward the 559 Planck cold clumps of the Early Cold Core Catalogue (ECC) has been conducted using the Arizona Radio Observatory 12-meter telescope, focusing on the =1-0 transitions of DCO and DCN. The survey included observations of 309 cores for DCO and DCN 1-0 simultaneously, followed by 71 of these cores where DCO 1-0 was detected for HCO and HCN 1-0 simultaneously, aiming to determine the deuterated fraction (). Additionally, 250 cores were observed for DCO, DCN, HCO and HCN 1-0 simultaneously. Among the 309 sources, DCO and DCN 1-0 were detected in 79 and 11 sources, with a detection rates of 25.6 % and 3.6 % respectively. In the 250 sources observed for all four species, DCO, DCN, HCO and HCN 1-0 were detected in 58, 9, 57 and 13 sources, with a detection rate of 23.2 %, 3.6 %, 22.8 % and 5.2 % respectively. The (HCO) values in 112 sources range from 0.89 % to 7.4 % with a median value of 3.1 %, while (HCN) values in 11 sources range from 1.5 % to 5.5 % with a median value of 2.3 %. The line widths of DCO and HCO 1-0 detections are mostly within 1 km s. The similarity in values between HCO and HCN indicates that the higher detection rate of DCO 1-0 compared with DCN 1-0 is due to the lower critical density of DCO 1-0. We suggest that the enhancement of DCO and DCN likely begins in the early diffuse stage of the molecular cloud, rather than during the cold core formation stage.
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@article{arxiv.2505.03505,
title = {DCO$^+$ and DCN 1-0 survey toward a sample of Planck cold clumps},
author = {Fu Mo and Junzhi Wang and Shu Liu and Yan Duan and Huanxue Feng and Yuqiang Li and Zhe Lu and Rui Luo and Chao Ou and Yani Xu and Zhuoying Yan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.03505},
year = {2025}
}
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37 pages, 12 figures, published in A&A