H2CS ABUNDANCES AND ORTHO-TO-PARA RATIOS IN INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS

Publication Date

1991

Journal or Book Title

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

Abstract

Several H2CS ortho and para transitions have been observed toward interstellar molecular clouds, including cold, dark clouds and star-forming regions. H2CS fractional abundances f(H2CS) about 1-2 10 to the -9th relative to molecular hydrogen toward TMC-1, Orion A, and NGC 7538, and about 5 10 to the -10th for L134N are derived. The H2CS ortho-to-para ratios in TMC-1 are about 1.8 toward the cyanopolyyne peak and the ammonia peak, which may indicate the thermalization of H2CS on 10 K grains. A ratio of about 3, the statistical value, for Orion (3N, 1E) and NGC 7538 is derived, while a value of about 2 for Orion (KL) is found.

Comments

The published version is located at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1991A%26A...244..181M

Pages

181-189

Volume

244

Issue

1

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS