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Molecular richness of the diffuse interstellar medium: a signpost of turbulent dissipation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Edith Falgarone ,
Benjamin Godard ,
Guillaume Pineau des Forêts  and
Maryvonne Gerin
Edith Falgarone
Affiliation:
LERMA/LRA, Ecole Normale Supérieure & Observatoire de Paris, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France email: [email protected]
Benjamin Godard
Affiliation:
LUTh, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon, France email: [email protected]
Guillaume Pineau des Forêts
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, 91405 Orsay, France
Maryvonne Gerin
Affiliation:
LERMA/LRA, Ecole Normale Supérieure & Observatoire de Paris, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The Herschel/HIFI absorption spectroscopy surveys reveal the unexpected molecular richness of the Galactic diffuse ISM, even in gas of very low average H2 molecular fraction. In particular, two hydrides, CH+ and SH+ with highly endoenergetic formation routes have abundances that challenge models of UV-driven chemistry. The intermittent dissipation of turbulence appears as a plausible additional source of energy for the diffuse ISM chemistry. We present recent results of the so-called models of Turbulent Dissipation Regions (TDR). The abundances of many of the molecules observed in the diffuse ISM, including CO that is used as a tracer of the molecular clouds mass, may be understood in the framework of the TDR models.

Keywords

AstrochemistryTurbulenceMagnetic FieldsISM: moleculesISM: kinematics and dynamicsISM: generalISM: evolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 603 - 605
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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