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Published April 2, 2008 | Version public
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Interstellar deuteroammonia: Tracing physical conditions in dense, cold interstellar medium

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  • 1. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 2. ROR icon Paris Observatory
  • 3. ROR icon University of Groningen

Abstract

Close to 30 deuterated molecules have now been detected in the ISM, including doubly-deuterated species D₂H⁺, ND₂H, D₂CO, CHD₂OH, D₂S, and D₂CS, as well as triply-deuterated ammonia and methanol. We review the current understanding of depletion and deuteration processes in cold, dense interstellar medium (ISM) and discuss the utility of deuteroammonia as a tracer of the physical conditions and kinematics of cold, dense gas.

Additional Information

© 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. This research has been supported by NSF grant AST-0540882 to the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. MG and ER acknowledge travel support from the CNRS/INSU research program PCMI.

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Funding

NSF
AST-0540882
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU)

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