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标题：Formation of cometary O 2 ice and related ice species on grain surfaces in the midplane of the pre-solar nebula
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作者：Christian Eistrup ; Catherine Walsh
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2019
卷号：621
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201833380
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：Context.Detection of abundant O2at 1–10% relative to H2O ice in the comae of comets 1P/Halley and 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has motivated attempts to explain the origin of the high O2ice abundance. Recent chemical modelling of the outer, colder regions of a protoplanetary disk midplane has shown production of O2ice at the same abundance as that measured in the comet.Aims.We aim to carry out a thorough investigation to constrain the conditions under which O2ice could have been produced through kinetic chemistry in the pre-solar nebula midplane.Methods.We have utilised an updated chemical kinetics code to evolve chemistry under pre-solar nebula midplane conditions. Four different chemical starting conditions and the effects of various chemical parameters have been tested.Results.Using the fiducial network, and for either reset conditions (atomic initial abundances) or atomic oxygen only conditions, the abundance level of O2ice measured in the comets can be reproduced at an intermediate time, after 0.1–2 Myr of evolution, depending on ionisation level. When including O3chemistry, the abundance of O2ice is much lower than the cometary abundance (by several orders of magnitude). We find that H2O2and O3ices are abundantly produced (at around the level of O2ice) in disagreement with their respective abundances or upper limits from observations of comet 67P. Upon closer investigation of the parameter space, and varying parameters for grain–surface chemistry, it is found that for temperatures 15–25 K, densities of 109−1010cm−3, and a barrier for quantum tunnelling set to 2 Å, the measured level of O2ice can be reproduced with the new chemical network, including an updated binding energy for atomic oxygen (1660 K). However, the abundances of H2O2and O3ices still disagree with the observations. A larger activation energy for the O + O2→ O3reaction (Eact> 1000 K) helps to reproduce the non-detection of O3ice in the comet, as well as reproducing the observed abundances of H2O2and O2ices. The only other case in which the O2ice matches the observed abundance, and O3and H2O2ice are lower, is the case when starting with an appreciable amount of oxygen locked in O2.Conclusions.The parameter space investigation revealed a sweet spot for production of O2ice at an abundance matching those in 67P and 1P, and O3and H2O2ice abundances matching those in 67P. This means that there is a radial region in the pre-solar nebula from 120–150 AU, within which O2could have been produced in situ via ice chemistry on grain surfaces. However, it is apparent that there is a high degree of sensitivity of the chemistry to the assumed chemical parameters (e.g. binding energy, activation barrier width, and quantum tunnelling barrier). Hence, because the more likely scenario starting with a percentage of elemental oxygen locked in O2also reproduces the O2ice abundance in 67P at early stages, this supports previous suggestions that the cometary O2ice could have a primordial origin.
关键词：Key wordsenmolecular processesmethods: numericalcomets: generalcomets: individual: 1P/Halleycomets: individual: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenkoprotoplanetary disks