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Physical and Chemical Conditions in the Dust Formation Zone of IRC+10216

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2006

J. P. Fonfría Expósito
Affiliation:
Dept. Molecular and Infrared Astrophysics (DAMIR, IEM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/ Serrano, 121, 28006, Madrid, Spain email: jpablo.fonfria@damir.iem.csic.es, cerni@damir.iem.csic.es
J. Cernicharo
Affiliation:
Dept. Molecular and Infrared Astrophysics (DAMIR, IEM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/ Serrano, 121, 28006, Madrid, Spain email: jpablo.fonfria@damir.iem.csic.es, cerni@damir.iem.csic.es
M. J. Richter
Affiliation:
Physics Department, UC Davis, One Shield Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA email: richter@physics.ucdavis.edu
J. Lacy
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712. USA email: lacy@shrub.as.utexas.edu
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Abstract

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A mid-infrared high-resolution spectral survey of the source IRC+10216 (CW Leo) has been carried out between 11 and 14 $\mu$m. A large number of lines of C$_2$H$_2$ and HCN and their most abundant isotopologues, have been identified. Lines involving high-energy ro-vibrational levels allow an accurate derivation of the physical and chemical conditions in the innermost envelope. We have developed a radiative transfer model capable of fitting the observed lines satisfactorily. The fit of more than 200 ro-vibrational lines allowed us to get the kinetic, vibrational and rotational temperatures and the abundances of the C$_2$H$_2$ and HCN between 1 and 300 R$_*$.

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2006 International Astronomical Union