The chemistry of ions in the Orion Bar I. - CH+, SH+, and CF+: The effect of high electron density and vibrationally excited H2 in a warm PDR surface

Abstract

The abundances of interstellar CH+ and SH+ are not well understood as their most likely formation channels are highly endothermic. Using data from Herschel, we study the formation of CH+ and SH+ in a typical high UV-illumination photon-dominated region (PDR), the Orion Bar. Herschel/HIFI provides velocity-resolved data of CH+ 1-0 and 2-1 and three hyperfine transitions of SH+. Herschel/PACS provides information on the excitation and spatial distribution of CH+ (up to J=6-5). The widths of the CH+ 2-1 and 1-0 transitions are of ~5 km/s, significantly broader than the typical width of dense gas tracers in the Orion Bar (2-3 km/s) and are comparable to the width of tracers of the interclump medium such as C+ and HF. The detected SH+ transitions are narrower compared to CH+ and have line widths of 3 km/s, indicating that SH+ emission mainly originates in denser condensations. Non-LTE radiative transfer models show that electron collisions affect the excitation of CH+ and SH+, and that reactive collisions need to be taken into account to calculate the excitation of CH+. Comparison to PDR models shows that CH+ and SH+ are tracers of the warm surface region (AV<1.5) of the PDR with temperatures between 500-1000 K. We have also detected the 5-4 transition of CF+ (FWHM=1.9 km/s) with an intensity that is consistent with previous observations of lower-J CF+ transitions toward the Orion Bar. A comparison to PDR models indicate that the internal vibrational energy of H2 can explain the formation of CH+ for typical physical conditions in the Orion Bar near the ionization front. H2 vibrational excitation is the most likely explanation of SH+ formation as well. The abundance ratios of CH+ and SH+ trace the destruction paths of these ions, and through that, indirectly, the ratios of H, H2 and electron abundances as a function of depth into the cloud.

arXiv commentAccepted for publication in A&A, 12 pages, 11 figures, abstract shortened

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