Dust temperature and time-dependent effects in the chemistry of photodissociation regions
arXiv:1904.03420 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1009
Abstract
When studying the chemistry of PDRs, time dependence becomes important as visual extinction increases, since certain chemical timescales are comparable to the cloud lifetime. Dust temperature is also a key factor, since it significantly influences gas temperature and mobility on dust grains, determining the chemistry occurring on grain surfaces. We present a study of the dust temperature impact and time effects on the chemistry of different PDRs, using an updated version of the Meijerink PDR code and combining it with the time-dependent code Nahoon. We find the largest temperature effects in the inner regions of high PDRs, where high dust temperatures favour the formation of simple oxygen-bearing molecules (especially that of O), while the formation of complex organic molecules is much more efficient at low dust temperatures. We also find that time-dependent effects strongly depend on the PDR type, since long timescales promote the destruction of oxygen-bearing molecules in the inner parts of low PDRs, while favouring their formation and that of carbon-bearing molecules in high PDRs. From the chemical evolution, we also conclude that, in dense PDRs, CO is a late-forming ice compared to water ice, and confirm a layered ice structure on dust grains, with HO in lower layers than CO. Regarding steady state, the PDR edge reaches chemical equilibrium at early times (10 yr). This time is even shorter (10 yr) for high PDRs. By contrast, inner regions reach equilibrium much later, especially low PDRs, where steady state is reached at 10-10 yr.
arXiv comment24 pages, 15 figures, 9 tables
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