Molecular distributions in the inner regions of protostellar disks

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The distributions of molecules in the inner regions of a protostellar disk are presented. These were calculated using an uncoupled chemical/dynamical model, with a numerical integration of the vertical disk struc- ture. A comparison between models with and without the eects of X-ray ionisation is made, and molecules are identied which are good tracers of the ionisation level in this part of the disk, notably CN and C2H. In the re- gion considered in this paper (r 10 AU), the chemistry is dominated by the thermal desorption of species from grains. This shows that a critically important detail in this region of the disk, as far as molecular distributions are concerned, is the temperature prole. We nd that not all of the gaseous material is frozen onto grain surfaces at 10 AU, and we identify species, including some organic molecules, which should exist in observable quantities in the inner regions of protostellar disks.