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Journal Article 
Sensitive survey for (CO)-C-13, CN, H2CO, and SO in the disks of T Tauri and Herbig Ae stars 
Reboussin, L; Guilloteau, S; Simon, M; Grosso, N; Wakelam, V; Di Folco, E; Dutrey, A; Pietu, V 
2015 
Yes 
Astronomy & Astrophysics
ISSN: 0004-6361 
578 
WOS:000357502600043 
Aims. We attempt to determine the molecular composition of disks around young low-mass stars in the rho Oph region and to compare our results with a similar study performed in the Taurus-Auriga region. Methods. We used the IRAM 30 m telescope to perform a sensitive search for CN N = 2 1 in 29 T Tauri stars located in the rho Oph and upper Scorpius regions. (CO)-C-13 J = 2 1 is observed simultaneously to provide an indication of the level of confusion with the surrounding molecular cloud. The bandpass also contains two transitions of ortho-H2CO, one of SO, and the (CO)-O-17 J = 2-1 line, which provides complementary information on the nature of the emission. Results. Contamination by molecular cloud in (CO)-C-13 and even (CO)-O-17 is ubiquitous. The CN detection rate appears to be lower than for the Taurus region, with only four sources being detected (three are attributable to disks). H-2 CO emission is found more frequently, but appears in general to be due to the surrounding cloud. The weaker emission than in Taurus may suggest that the average disk size in the rho Oph region is smaller than in the Taurus cloud. Chemical modeling shows that the somewhat higher expected disk temperatures in rho Oph play a direct role in decreasing the CN abundance. Warmer dust temperatures contribute to convert CN into less volatile forms. Conclusions. In such a young region, CN is no longer a simple, sensitive tracer of disks, and observations with other tracers and at high enough resolution with ALMA are required to probe the gas disk population. 
circumstellar matter; protoplanetary disks; radio lines: stars