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Hans Publishers, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 3(477), p. L45-L48

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078973

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Highly deuterated pre-stellar cores in a high-mass star formation region

Journal article published in 2007 by F. Fontani ORCID, P. Caselli, T. L. Bourke, R. Cesaroni, J. Brand
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We have observed the deuterated gas in the high-mass star formation region IRAS 05345+3157 at high-angular resolution, in order to determine the morphology and the nature of such gas. We have mapped the N2H+ (1-0) line with the Plateau de Bure Interferometer, and the N2D+ (3-2) and N2H+ (3-2) lines with the Submillimeter Array. The N2D+ (3-2) integrated emission is concentrated in two condensations, with masses of 2-3 and 9 M_sun and diameters of 0.05 and 0.09 pc, respectively. The high deuterium fractionation (0.1) and the line parameters in the N2D+ condensations indicate that they are likely low- to intermediate-mass pre-stellar cores, even though other scenarios are possible. ; Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics