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Article Dans Une Revue The Astrophysical journal letters Année : 2017

First detection of interstellar S2H

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We present the first detection of gas phase S2H in the Horsehead, a moderately UV-irradiated nebula. This confirms the presence of doubly sulfuretted species in the interstellar medium and opens a new challenge for sulfur chemistry. The observed S2H abundance is ~5x10$^{-11}$, only a factor 4-6 lower than that of the widespread H2S molecule. H2S and S2H are efficiently formed on the UV-irradiated icy grain mantles. We performed ice irradiation experiments to determine the H2S and S2H photodesorption yields. The obtained values are ~1.2x10$^{-3}$ and <1x10$^{-5}$ molecules per incident photon for H2S and S2H, respectively. Our upper limit to the S2H photodesorption yield suggests that photo-desorption is not a competitive mechanism to release the S2H molecules to the gas phase. Other desorption mechanisms such as chemical desorption, cosmic-ray desorption and grain shattering can increase the gaseous S2H abundance to some extent. Alternatively, S2H can be formed via gas phase reactions involving gaseous H2S and the abundant ions S+ and SH+. The detection of S2H in this nebula could be therefore the result of the coexistence of an active grain surface chemistry and gaseous photo-chemistry.

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hal-01661652 , version 1 (12-12-2017)

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Asuncion Fuente, Javier R. Goicoechea, Jérôme Pety, Romane Le Gal, Rafael Martín-Doménech, et al.. First detection of interstellar S2H. The Astrophysical journal letters, 2017, 851 (2), pp.id. L49. ⟨10.3847/2041-8213/aaa01b⟩. ⟨hal-01661652⟩
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