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Detection of monothioformic acid towards the solar-type protostar IRAS 16293-2422

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2023-07-03 v1

Abstract

In the interstellar medium (ISM), the complex organic molecules that contain the thiol group (-SH) play an important role in the polymerization of amino acids. We look for SH-bearing molecules in the chemically rich solar-type protostar IRAS 16293-2422. After the extensive spectral analysis using the local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) model, we have detected the rotational emission lines of trans-isomer monothioformic acid (t-HC(O)SH) towards the IRAS 16293 B using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA). We did not observe any evidence of cis-isomer monothioformic acid (c-HC(O)SH) towards the IRAS 16293 B. The column density of t-HC(O)SH towards the IRAS 16293 B was (1.02±\pm0.6)×\times1015^{15} cm2^{-2} with an excitation temperature of 125±\pm15 K. The fractional abundance of t-HC(O)SH with respect to H2_{2} towards the IRAS 16293 B is 8.50×\times1011^{-11}. The column density ratio of t-HC(O)SH/CH3_{3}SH towards the IRAS 16293 B is 0.185. We compare our estimated abundance of t-HC(O)SH towards the IRAS 16293 B with the abundance of t-HC(O)SH towards the galactic center quiescent cloud G+0.693-0.027 and hot molecular core G31.41+0.31. After the comparison, we found that the abundance of t-HC(O)SH towards the IRAS 16293 B is several times of magnitude lower than G+0.693-0.027 and G31.41+0.31. We also discuss the possible formation mechanism of t-HC(O)SH in the ISM.

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@article{arxiv.2305.00480,
  title  = {Detection of monothioformic acid towards the solar-type protostar IRAS 16293-2422},
  author = {Arijit Manna and Sabyasachi Pal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.00480},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Accepted for publication in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy