# Modelling carbon-chain species formation in lukewarm corinos with new multi-phase models

## TL;DR

This study compares different chemical models to understand the formation of carbon-chain molecules in lukewarm corinos, revealing that the new multiphase models align better with observations and highlight the importance of methane sublimation.

## Contribution

The paper introduces and evaluates advanced multiphase surface chemical models, demonstrating their improved accuracy in predicting carbon-chain species formation in lukewarm corinos.

## Key findings

- Two-phase model predicts highest CH$_4$ and CO abundances at 30 K.
- Basic multiphase model predicts lowest carbon-chain species abundance.
- New multiphase models agree reasonably well with observational data.

## Abstract

Abundant carbon-chain species have been observed towards lukewarm corinos L1527, B228, and L483. These carbon-chain species are believed to be synthesized in the gas phase after CH$_4$ desorbs from the dust grain surface at the temperature around 30 K. We investigate carbon-chain species formation in lukewarm corinos using a more rigorous numerical method and advanced surface chemical models. We use the macroscopic Monte Carlo method in simulations. In addition to the two-phase model, the basic multiphase model and the new multiphase models are used for modeling surface chemistry on dust grains. All volatile species can sublime at their sublimation temperatures in the two-phase model while most volatile species are frozen in the ice mantle before water ice sublimes in the basic and the new multiphase models. The new multiphase models allow more volatile species to sublime at their sublimation temperatures than the basic multiphase model does. When T $\sim$ 30 K, the abundances of gaseous CH$_4$ and CO in the two-phase model are the highest while the basic multiphase model predicts the lowest CO and CH$_4$ abundances among all models. The abundances of carbon-chain species in the basic and the new multiphase models are lower than that in the two-phase model when T $\sim$ 30 K because CH$_4$ is crucial for the synthesis of carbon-chain species. The two-phase model performs the best to predict carbon-chain species abundances to fit observations while the basic multiphase model works the worst. The abundances of carbon-chain species predicted by the new multiphase models agree reasonably well with observations. The amount of CH$_4$ that can diffuse inside the ice mantle, thus sublime upon warm-up plays a crucial role in the synthesis of carbon-chain species in the gas phase. The carbon-chain species observed in lukewarm corinos may be able to gauge surface chemical models.