Issue |
A&A
Volume 470, Number 2, August I 2007
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Page(s) | 615 - 623 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077096 | |
Published online | 25 May 2007 |
Photon-dominated region modeling of the CO and [C i] line emission in Barnard 68
Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany e-mail: jopineda@astro.uni-bonn.de
Received:
15
January
2007
Accepted:
20
April
2007
Aims.We use the Barnard 68 dark globule as a test case for a spherically symmetric PDR model exposed to low-UV radiation fields. With a roughly spherical morphology and an accurately determined density profile, Barnard 68 is ideal for this purpose. The processes governing the energy balance in the cloud surface are studied in detail.
Methods. We
compare the spherically symmetric PDR model by Störzer, Stutzki &
Sternberg (1996) to observations of the three lowest rotational
transitions of 12CO, 13CO J = 2 1, and J = 3
2, as
well as the [C i] 3P1
3P0 fine structure
transition. We study the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
in the chemical network of the PDR model and consider the impact of
depletion, as well as of a variation in the external FUV field.
Results. We
find it difficult to simultaneously model the observed 12CO and
13CO emission. The 12CO and [C i] emission can be
explained by a PDR model with an external FUV field of 1-0.75 ,
but this model fails to reproduce the observed 13CO by a factor of
~2. Adding PAHs to the chemical network increases the [C i]
emission by 50% in our model but makes [C ii] very faint. The CO
depletion only slightly reduces the 12CO and 13CO line
intensity (by
10% and
20%, respectively).
Predictions for the [C i]
P3/2
P1/2,
[C i] 3P2
3P1, and 12CO J = 5
4 and 4
3
transitions are presented. This allows a test of our model with future
observations (APEX, NANTEN2, HERSCHEL, SOFIA).
Key words: astrochemistry / ISM: molecules / ISM: individual objects: Barnard 68 / ISM: clouds
© ESO, 2007
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