Table 8: Optical depths estimates from line ratios between isotopologues.
  LkCa15 TW Hya HD 163296 MWC 480

12CO $J\!=\!3\!\rightarrow\!2$
26.8 8.3 18.9 14.9
13CO $J\!=\!3\!\rightarrow\!2$ 0.44 0.14 0.31 0.25
HCO+ $J\!=\!4\!\rightarrow\!3$ 19.4 3.8 ... ...
H13CO+ $J\!=\!4\!\rightarrow\!3$ < 0.32 0.06 ... ...
HCN $J\!=\!4\!\rightarrow\!3$ 0.75 <5.1 ... ...
H13CN $J\!=\!4\!\rightarrow\!3$ 0.012 <0.085 ... ...
Note. We assume that the isotopologues have the same excitation
temperature and that [12C]/[13C]=60.

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