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DCO$^+$ and DCN 1-0 survey toward a sample of Planck cold clumps

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2025-05-07 v1

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 JJ=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 H13^{13}CO+^+ and H13^{13}CN 1-0 simultaneously, aiming to determine the deuterated fraction (DfracD_{\rm frac}). Additionally, 250 cores were observed for DCO+^+, DCN, H13^{13}CO+^+ and H13^{13}CN 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, H13^{13}CO+^+ and H13^{13}CN 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 DfracD_{\rm frac}(HCO+^+) values in 112 sources range from 0.89 % to 7.4 % with a median value of 3.1 %, while DfracD_{\rm frac}(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 H13^{13}CO+^+ 1-0 detections are mostly within 1 km s1^{-1}. The similarity in DfracD_{\rm frac} 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