H2 formation on PAHs in photodissociation regions.pptx

H2 formation on PAHs in photodissociation regions:a high-temperature pathway to molecular hydrogen L. Boschman et al. 2015 AA Reporter:Liao Ling Date：2016-06-15 1. Introduction These dust grains can adsorb hydrogen atoms on their surface with Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism (LH) and Eley-Rideal mechanism(ER),the later one involving chemisorption. However, high H2 formation rates have been observed in PDRs with high dust and gas temperatures, such that the observed rates cannot be explained by dust grains alone modelled the structure of the Orion Bar PDR and matched it with observations of different H2 rovibrational lines. Habart et al. (2004) resolved these deviations from the canonical H2 formation rate coefficient (Jura 1974) by including H2 formation on very small grains and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and adjusting the barriers for H2 formation on dust grains. Their model does not fully reproduce the observed H2 formation rates. Although PAHs are much smaller than the rest of the dust grains, they account for approximately half of the total dust grain surface area available for chemistry. 2. Model We describe a cloud by a one-dimensional PDR model with constant density nH. PAHs: We assume a total carbon abundance of 2.5 × 10?4, of which a third is locked in PAHs. PAHs as being smaller than 100 ?, and we use coronene (C24H12) as our prototypical PAH of the ISM. Hydrogenation and abstraction Reaction rate the total H2 formation rate 2. Model Photodesorption In a PDR, PAHs experience a strong interaction with the photons from the impinging radiation field, which can either ionize the PAH or excite it into a higher state. total photoionization rate: total photodissociation rate: In addition to PAH ionization, we also include the photoionization of unbound carbon atoms as a source of free electrons. Dust grains H2 formation rate equation 2. Model H2 photodissociation Exponential factor expresses the dust extinction.The factor f (N(H2)) accounts for H2