Redetermination of the interstellar C-12/C-13 ratio in the solar vicinity

Centurion, Miriam; Vladilo, Giovanni
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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 251, no. 1, Nov. 1991, p. 245-252.

Fecha de publicación:
11
1991
Número de autores
2
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
18
Número de citas referidas
16
Descripción
An analysis of 50 optical spectra of the interstellar methylidyne ion in the direction of HD26676 and HD149038 derived very similar interstellar isotopic ratios for the two lines-of-sight. A lack of a Galactic gradient in isotopic ratios is noted which is consistent with the location in the solar vicinity of the gas in front of HD149038. The results obtained support a modest decrease of the interstellar C-12/C-13 ratio since the time of the sun's formation, rather than the factor-of-2 decrease which is often encountered in the literature.