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Table 4

Parameters obtained with our LVG code for CS and HC3N, and the Mauersberger et al. (1991) LVG model for CH3CCH.

Galaxy T kin Molecule n(H2) N NLTE / Nnon − LTE
(cm-3) (cm-2)

NGC 253 120 K

CS (1.7 ± 0.6) × 104 (7.3 ± 1.7) × 1014 0.6
(3.1 ± 1.4) × 105 (1.3 ± 0.3) × 1014 1.1
(1.4 ± 0.7) × 106 (8.0 ± 2.0) × 1013 0.9

HC3N (2.0 ± 0.8) × 104 (7.2 ± 1.1) × 1013 1.1
(1.2 ± 0.4) × 105 (2.6 ± 0.5) × 1013 1.4
(2.9 ± 1.3) × 105 (1.7 ± 0.3) × 1013 1.3

CH3CCH  ∼ 105 ... ...
 ∼ 106 ... ...

M 82 30 K

CS (1.1 ± 0.4) × 105 (3.2 ± 1.4) × 1014 0.6
(2.3 ± 1.6) × 106 (3.6 ± 1.3) × 1013 1.0

HC3N (1.7 ± 1.3) × 106 (1.9 ± 0.6) × 1013 1.4

CH3CCH  ∼ 105 ... ...

IC 342 53 K

CS (3.3 ± 1.4) × 104 (2.5 ± 0.9) × 1014 0.6
(3.4 ± 1.8) × 105 (6.2 ± 1.2) × 1013 1.0
(1.2 ± 0.4) × 106 (1.9 ± 0.5) × 1013 1.2

HC3N (6.7 ± 2.0) × 104 (2.4 ± 0.6) × 1013 1.1
(1.5 ± 0.5) × 105 (1.5 ± 0.3) × 1013 1.1
(2.8 ± 0.6) × 105 (9.1 ± 1.3) × 1012 0.8

CH3CCH  ∼ 105 ... ...
 ∼ 106 ... ...

Maffei 2 48 K

CS (1.3 ± 0.4) × 104 (5.2 ± 1.5) × 1014 0.2
(3.8 ± 1.1) × 105 (4.6 ± 0.9) × 1013 1.5

HC3N (3.4 ± 2.9) × 105 (1.5 ± 0.4) × 1013 2.9

CH3CCH  ∼ 104 ... ...

Maffei 2 132 K

CS (4.5 ± 1.4) × 104 (8.7 ± 2.8) × 1014 0.1
(1.8 ± 0.6) × 105 (4.6 ± 0.9) × 1013 1.5

HC3N (1.3 ± 1.1) × 105 (1.5 ± 0.5) × 1013 2.9

CH3CCH ... ... ...

Notes. The last column reflects the ratio between the column densities obtained by both LTE and non-LTE approaches.

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