A high HDO/H${}_2$O ratio in the Class I protostar L1551 IRS5

Abstract

Water is a very abundant molecule in star-forming regions. Its deuterium fractionation is an important tool for understanding its formation and evolution during the star and planet formation processes. While the HDO/H${}_2$O ratio has been determined toward several Class 0 protostars and comets, the number of studies toward Class I protostars is limited. We aim to study the water deuteration toward the Class I binary protostar L1551 IRS5 and to investigate the effect of evolutionary stage and environment on variations in the water D/H ratio. Observations were made using the NOEMA interferometer. The HDO 3${}_{1,2}$-2${}_{2,1}$ transition at 225.9 GHz and the H${}_2^{18}$O 3${}_{1,3}$-2${}_{2,0}$ transition at 203.4 GHz were covered with a spatial resolution of 0.5'' $\times$ 0.8'', while the HDO 4${}_{2,2}$-4${}_{2,3}$ transition at 143.7 GHz was observed with a resolution of 2.0'' $\times$ 2.5''. We used both LTE and non-LTE models. The three transitions are detected. The line profiles display two peaks, one at $\sim$6 km s${}^{-1}$ and one at $\sim$9 km s${}^{-1}$. We derive an HDO/H${}_2$O ratio of (2.1 $\pm$ 0.8) $\times$ 10${}^{-3}$ for the redshifted component and a lower limit of $>$ 0.3 $\times$ 10${}^{-3}$ for the blueshifted component due to the blending with the redshifted CH${}_3$OCH${}_3$ emission. The HDO/H${}_2$O in L1551 IRS5 is similar to the ratios in isolated Class 0 sources and to the Class I V883 Ori, while it is significantly higher than in the clustered Class 0 sources and the comets. This suggests that the chemistry of protostars in low source densities clouds share more similarities with the isolated sources than the protostars of very dense clusters. If Class 0 protostars with few sources around and isolated Class 0 objects are comparable in the HDO/H${}_2$O ratio, it would mean that there is little water reprocessing from the Class 0 to Class I protostellar stage.

Accepted in A&A, 10 pages, 8 figures

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