Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Context. Studying molecular species in protoplanetary disks is very useful to characterize the properties of these objects, which are the site of planet formation. Aims. We attempt to constrain the chemistry of S-bearing molecules in the cold parts of circumstellar disk of GG Tau A. Methods. We searched for H2S, CS, SO, and SO2 in the dense disk around GG Tau A with the NOrthem Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) interferometer. We analyzed our data using the radiative transfer code DiskFit and the three-phase chemical model Nautilus. Results. We detected H2S emission from the dense and cold ring orbiting around GG Tau A. This is the first detection of H2S in a protoplanetary disk. We also detected HCO+, H13CO+, and DCO+ in the disk. Upper limits for other molecules, CCS, SO2, SO, HC3N, and c-C3H2 are also obtained. The observed DCO+/HCO+ ratio is similar to those in other disks. The observed column densities, derived using our radiative transfer code DiskFit, are then compared with those from our chemical code Nautilus. The column densities are in reasonable agreement for DCO+, CS, CCS, and SO2. For H2S and SO, our predicted vertical integrated column densities are more than a factor of 10 higher than the measured values. Conclusions. Our results reinforce the hypothesis that only a strong sulfur depletion may explain the low observed H2S column density in the disk. The H2S detection in GG Tau A is most likely linked to the much larger mass of this disk compared to that in other T Tauri systems.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Authors: N. T. Phuong, E. Chapillon, L. Majumdar, A. Dutrey, S. Guilloteau, V. Piétu, V. Wakelam, P. N. Diep, Y.-W. Tang, T. Beck, J. Bary
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Graduate University of Science and Technology, Trung tâm Vũ trụ Việt Nam, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Academia Sinica, Space Telescope Science Institute, Colgate University
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, California Institute of Technology, National Foundation for Science and Technology Development, European Space Agency, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W2887874409