The deuterium fractionation of water on solar-system scales in deeply-embedded low-mass protostars

Abstract

(Abridged) The water deuterium fractionation (HDO/H${}_2$O abundance ratio) has traditionally been used to infer the amount of water brought to Earth by comets. Measuring this ratio in deeply-embedded low-mass protostars makes it possible to probe the critical stage when water is transported from clouds to disks in which icy bodies are formed. We present sub-arcsecond resolution observations of HDO in combination with H${}_2^{18}$O from the PdBI toward the three low-mass protostars NGC 1333-IRAS 2A, IRAS 4A-NW, and IRAS 4B. The resulting HDO/H${}_2$O ratio is $7.4\pm 2.1\times 10^{-4}$ for IRAS 2A, $19.1\pm 5.4\times 10^{-4}$ for IRAS 4A-NW, and $5.9\pm 1.7\times 10^{-4}$ for IRAS 4B. Derived ratios agree with radiative transfer models within a factor of 2-4 depending on the source. Our HDO/H${}_2$O ratios for the inner regions (where $T>100$ K) of four young protostars are only a factor of 2 higher than those found for pristine, solar system comets. These small differences suggest that little processing of water occurs between the deeply embedded stage and the formation of planetesimals and comets.

10 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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