A Subarcsecond ALMA Molecular Line Imaging Survey of the Circumbinary, Protoplanetary Disk Orbiting V4046 Sgr

Abstract

We present a suite of ALMA interferometric molecular line and continuum images that elucidate, on linear size scales of $\sim$30--40 AU, the chemical structure of the nearby, evolved, protoplanetary disk orbiting the close binary system V4046 Sgr. The observations were undertaken in the 1.1--1.4 mm wavelength range (ALMA Bands 6 and 7) with antenna configurations involving maximum baselines of several hundred meters, yielding subarcsecond-resolution images in more than a dozen molecular species and isotopologues. Isotopologues of CO and HCN display centrally peaked morphologies of integrated emission line intensity, whereas the line emission from complex nitrile group molecules (HC${}_3$N, CH${}_3$CN), deuterated molecules (DCN, DCO${}^{+}$), hydrocarbons (as traced by C${}_2$H), and potential CO ice line tracers (N${}_2$H${}^{+}$, and H${}_2$CO) appears as a sequence of sharp and diffuse rings. The dimensions and morphologies of HC${}_3$N and CH${}_3$CN emission are suggestive of photodesorption of organic ices from the surfaces of dust grains, while the sequence of increasing radius of peak intensity represented by DCN (smallest), DCO${}^{+}$, N${}_2$H${}^{+}$, and H${}_2$CO (largest) is qualitatively consistent with the expected decline of midplane gas temperature with increasing disk radius. Empirical modeling indicates that the sharp-edged C${}_2$H emission ring lies at relatively deep disk layers, leaving open the question of the origin of C${}_2$H abundance enhancements in evolved disks. This study of the "molecular anatomy" of V4046 Sgr should serve as motivation for additional subarcsecond ALMA molecular line imaging surveys of nearby, evolved protoplanetary disks aimed at addressing major uncertainties in protoplanetary disk physical and chemical structure and molecular production pathways.

arXiv comment32 pages, 10 figures; accepted 26 June 2018 by The Astrophysical Journal

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