Molecular Evolution in Collapsing Prestellar Cores II: The Effect of Grain-surface Reactions

Abstract

The molecular evolution that occurs in collapsing prestellar cores is investigated. To model the dynamics, we adopt the Larson-Penston (L-P) solution and analogues with slower rates of collapse. For the chemistry, we utilize the new standard model (NSM) with the addition of deuterium fractionation and grain-surface reactions treated via the modified rate approach. The use of surface reactions distinguishes the present work from our previous model. We find that these reactions efficiently produce H2O, H2CO, CH3OH, N2, and NH3 ices. In addition, the surface chemistry influences the gas-phase abundances in a variety of ways. The current reaction network along with the L-P solution allows us to reproduce satisfactorily most of the molecular column densities and their radial distributions observed in L1544. The agreement tends to worsen with models that include strongly delayed collapse rates. Inferred radial distributions in terms of fractional abundances are somewhat harder to reproduce. In addition to our standard chemical model, we have also run a model with the UMIST gas-phase chemical network. The abundances of gas-phase S-bearing molecules such as CS and CCS are significantly affected by uncertainties in the gas-phase chemical network. In all of our models, the column density of N2H+ monotonically increases as the central density of the core increases during collapse from 3 10^4 cm-3 to 3 10^7 cm-3. Thus, the abundance of this ion can be a probe of evolutionary stage. Molecular D/H ratios in assorted cores are best reproduced in the L-P picture with the conventional rate coefficients for fractionation reactions. If we adopt the newly measured and calculated rate coefficients, the D/H ratios, especially N2D+/N2H+, become significantly lower than the observed values.

23 pages, 10 figures, accepted to ApJ

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