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Query: The ortho-to-para ratio of water in interstellar clouds   The nuclear-spin chemistry of interstellar water is investigated using the
University of Grenoble Alpes Astrochemical Network (UGAN). This network
includes reactions involving the different nuclear-spin states of the hydrides
of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, as well as their deuterated forms.
Nuclear-spin selection rules are implemented within the scrambling hypothesis
for reactions involving up to seven protons. The abundances and ortho-to-para
ratios (OPRs) of gas-phase water and water ions (H$_2$O$^+$ and H$_3$O$^+$) are
computed under the steady-state conditions representative of a dark molecular
cloud and during the early phase of gravitational collapse of a prestellar
core. The model incorporates the freezing of the molecules on to grains, simple
grain surface chemistry and cosmic-ray induced and direct desorption of ices.
The predicted OPRs are found to deviate significantly from both thermal and
statistical values and to be independent of temperature below $\sim $30~K. The
OPR of H$_2$O is shown to lie between 1.5 and 2.6, depending on the spin-state
of H$_2$, in good agreement with values derived in translucent clouds with
relatively high extinction. In the prestellar core collapse calculations, the
OPR of H$_2$O is shown to reach the statistical value of 3 in regions with
severe depletion ($n_{\rm H}> 10^7$~cm$^{-3}$). We conclude that a low water
OPR ($\lesssim 2.5$) is consistent with gas-phase ion-neutral chemistry and
reflects a gas with OPR(H$_2)\lesssim 1$. Available OPR measurements in
protoplanetary disks and comets are finally discussed.

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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex
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The categories of this paper are: math-ph
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: quant-ph
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The categories of this paper are: supr-con
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The categories of this paper are: chem-ph
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-th
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-ex
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