An ALMA Survey of H2CO in Protoplanetary Disks

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dc.contributor.authorPegues, Jamila
dc.contributor.authorOberg, Karin I.
dc.contributor.authorBergner, Jennifer B.
dc.contributor.authorLoomis, Ryan A.
dc.contributor.authorQi, Chunhua
dc.contributor.authorLe Gal, Romane
dc.contributor.authorCleeves, L. Ilsedore
dc.contributor.authorGuzman, Viviana V.
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Jane
dc.contributor.authorJorgensen, Jes K.
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Sean M.
dc.contributor.authorBlake, Geoffrey A.
dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, John M.
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, Kamber R.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Jonathan P.
dc.contributor.authorWilner, David J.
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T13:11:02Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T13:11:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractH2CO is one of the most abundant organic molecules in protoplanetary disks and can serve as a precursor to more complex organic chemistry. We present an Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array survey of H2CO toward 15 disks covering a range of stellar spectral types, stellar ages, and dust continuum morphologies. H2CO is detected toward 13 disks and tentatively detected toward a fourteenth. We find both centrally peaked and centrally depressed emission morphologies, and half of the disks show ring-like structures at or beyond expected CO snowline locations. Together these morphologies suggest that H2CO in disks is commonly produced through both gas-phase and CO-ice-regulated grain-surface chemistry. We extract disk-averaged and azimuthally-averaged H2CO excitation temperatures and column densities for four disks with multiple H2CO line detections. The temperatures are between 20-50 K, with the exception of colder temperatures in the DM Tau disk. These temperatures suggest that H2CO emission in disks generally emerges from the warm molecular layer, with some contributions from the colder midplane. Applying the same H2CO excitation temperatures to all disks in the survey, we find that H2CO column densities span almost three orders of magnitude (similar to 5 x 10(11) -5 x 10(14) cm(-2)). The column densities appear uncorrelated with disk size and stellar age, but Herbig Ae disks may have less H2CO compared to T Tauri disks, possibly because of less CO freeze-out. More H2CO observations toward Herbig Ae disks are needed to confirm this tentative trend, and to better constrain under which disk conditions H2CO and other oxygen-bearing organics efficiently form during planet formation.
dc.description.funderNational Science Foundation (NSF)
dc.description.funderSimons Foundation through a Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life (SCOL) PI grant
dc.description.funderNSF
dc.description.funderNASA
dc.description.funderEuropean Research Council (ERC) under the European Union through ERC
dc.description.funderNASA - Space Telescope Science Institute
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-05-30
dc.format.extent20 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3847/1538-4357/ab64d9
dc.identifier.eissn1538-4357
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab64d9
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/77981
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000629751100051
dc.information.autorucFísica;Guzman Veloso Viviana Gabriela;S/I;1083356
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.publisherIOP PUBLISHING LTD
dc.revistaASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectEARLY PLANETARY-ATMOSPHERES
dc.subjectSOLID CO
dc.subjectCHEMICAL-COMPOSITION
dc.subjectFORMALDEHYDE
dc.subjectICE
dc.subjectCHEMISTRY
dc.subjectMETHANOL
dc.subjectENVELOPE
dc.subjectHYDROGEN
dc.subjectATOMS
dc.titleAn ALMA Survey of H2CO in Protoplanetary Disks
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen890
sipa.codpersvinculados1083356
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.indexScopus
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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