Séminaire IPAG

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QUIJOTE: Q-band Ultrasensitive Inspection Journey to the Obscure TMC-1 Environment

mercredi 20 avril 2022 - 11h00

Pepe Cernicharo - IFF-CSIC
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I will present the recent results obtained with the QUIJOTE line survey of the cold dark core TMC-1. The observations have been carried out with the YEBES 40m radio telescope (see Figure 1) in the Q-band. A new set of receivers have been installed in the telescope within the frame of the ERC synergy Nanocosmos project that allows to cover the whole 31-50 GHz band in dual polarization. The spectral resolution is 38.15 kHz. The sensitivity achieved so far varies between 0.12 and 0.25 mK, and allows to search for new molecules in a line by line (no stacking) detection procedure. These new data have permitted to detect many protonated species of abundant molecules and eight sulfur-bearing species. Among the obtained results I will focus on the detection of hydrocarbon chains and cycles with low permanent dipole moment, such as CH2CHCCH, CH2CCHCCH, the propargyl radical (C3H3), cyclopentadiene, indene (the first PAH detected in space), ortho-benzyne and two ethynyl derivatives of cyclopentadiene (c-C5H5CCH). All these hydrocarbon and cycles exhibit a very large abundance. I will show the present chemical models we have performed to explain the chemistry of these species and in particular the possible reactions leading to the formation of these cycles. We have found that a bottom-up approach starting with reactions of simple radicals, such as propargyl and the vinyl radical, with vinyl and allyl acetylene and other hydrocarbons reproduce satisfactorily well the observed abundances. Finally, I will show the SANCHO project which is devoted to the study of the spatial distribution of these molecules around TMC-1 with a sensitivity never achieved so far (4 mK).

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Hôtes : Cecilia Ceccarelli

Salle Manuel Forestini, 414 rue de la piscine, 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères