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Table 3

Steady-state abundances of selected species and their isotopologues (see also Fig. 1).

Species [X]a Species [X]a b nc δ 15 d

N 1.7(–05) 15N 2.7(–08) 631 1.4 –569
N2 2.3(–05) 15NN 1.2(–07) 396 0.9 –313
NO 2.9(–07) 15NO 4.7(–10) 627 1.4 –566
CN 6.1(–10) C15N 1.1(–12) 545 1.2 –501
HCN 4.8(–09) HC15N 1.8(–11) 269 0.6 11
NH 4.7(–09) 15NH 1.4(–11) 326 0.7 –166
NH2 6.1(–09) 15NH2 1.4(–11) 427 1.0 –363
NH3 1.9(–08) 15NH3 4.4(–11) 426 1.0 –362
N2H+ 8.6(–10) 15NNH+ 2.5(–12) 345 0.8 –212
N15NH+ 3.0(–12) 292 0.7 –69
N+ 7.6(–11) 1.5(–13) 504 1.1 –460
C2N+ 8.8(–13) 3.3(–15) 271 0.6 4
H2CN+ 9.6(–12) H2C15N+ 3.8(–14) 255 0.6 67
NH+ 4.4(–16) 15NH+ 8.9(–19) 497 1.1 –453
2.2(–15) 4.8(–18) 470 1.1 –421
4.5(–13) 1.0(–15) 439 1.0 –381
6.9(–12) 1.6(–14) 426 1.0 –362

Notes.

(a)

Fractional abundance with respect to nH. Numbers in brackets are powers of ten.

(b)

Abundance ratio of the two isotopologues: n(XN)/n(X15N). For species containing two nitrogen atoms, the ratio has been multiplied by two to emphasize that a ratio of 220 indeed means no fractionation for such species.

(c)

Fractionation level, or normalized isotopic ratio, is the isotopic ratio normalized to the protosolar value 14N/15N = 440 from Marty et al. (2011).

(d)

Depletion factor δ15 = 1000 ×  [ℛATM/ℛ−1], where the reference value ℛATM = 272 is the isotopic ratio of the Earth atmosphere.

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