Isotopic abundance ratios in interstellar carbon monosulfide

Journal Article · Fri Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Astrophys. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/158207· OSTI ID:6735050

Frerking, M A; Wilson, R W; Linke, R A; Wannier, P G

A survey of the relative abundances of the isotopic species, /sup 12/C/sup 32/S, /sup 12/C/sup 34/S, and /sup 13/C/sup 32/S has been made in 14 dense molecular clouds through observations of the J=3-1 rotational transitions at 3 mm. The abundance ratio, (/sup 13/C/sup 32/S)/(/sup 12/C/sup 34/S), is found to be 1.9 times greater in the galactic center sources than in the galactic disk sources. The average ratio for the galactic disk sources is 0.35 +- 0.10 where the quoted error is the rms of the source-to-source fluctuations. The average disk value for (/sup 13/C)/(/sup 12/C) is 0.015, if (/sup 32/S)/(/sup 34/S) is terrestrial. No evidence is found for a systematic variation of the ratio within the disk itself. Terrestrial sulfur abundances would imply that either the observations in CS are spatially unresolved or the kinetic temperature for CS is lower than that for CO. Beam dilution factors are derived for the sources studied. In addition, values for the molecular hydrogen densities and CS fractional abundances are obtained for these sources.

• Research Organization: Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, New Jersey
• OSTI ID: 6735050
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J.; (United States) Vol. 240:1; ISSN ASJOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ABUNDANCE
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON ISOTOPES
CARBON SULFIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY SPECTRA
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITED STATES
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INTERSTELLAR GRAINS
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPES
MILKY WAY
MOLECULES
PARTICLES
ROTATIONAL STATES
SPECTRA
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR ISOTOPES