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Table 6

Comparison with prototypical PDRs.

Mon R2 Ref Orion Bar Ref NGC 7023 Ref Horsehead Ref
(0″, 0″) (+15″,  −15″) (0″,  + 40″) IF (−25″,  +40″) PDR peak

G0 (Habing) 5  ×  105 1, 2 2  ×  104 3, 4 2  ×  103 5 100 6, 7, 8
n (cm-3)a 4  ×  106  ~5  ×  105  ~2  ×  105  ~105

H13CN /HN13C 7.5 5 4 1  > 2 3
HCN /HNC 3 3 2 5

13CN/H13CN  < 4 2 5−12 1
CN/HCN 3.0 3 4.5 5

H13CO+/H13CN 0.29 0.40 0.37 1
HCO+/HCN 0.9 3 3.3 5

CO+/H13CO+ 0.53 1, 2 0.52 3, 4 0.6 4, 5  < 0.03 6
H13CO+/HOC+ 5.8 1, 2 3.8 3, 4 5–14b 4, 5  ~4 6

c-C3H2/C2H 0.02 0.02 0.03 1 0.016 3, 4 0.03 4, 5 0.06 7
C4H/C2H 0.07 0.09 0.3 1 0.1 7
HCO/H13CO+  <3  <3 12 1 50c 8, 9

SO+/SO 0.1  <0.06 1
CS/HCS+ 11d 78d 25d 1 0.008 10

Notes. 

(a)

The density is not uniform in these regions. We indicate the representative density of the clumps/filaments.

(b)

Depending on the assumed excitation conditions.

(c)

It strongly depends on the position, varying between  ~1 in the shielded core to  ~50 in the HCO peak. The value in the table corresponds to the HCO peak derived from  ~14″ angular resolution observations.

(d)

Obtained from our 13CS data assuming 12C/13C = 50.

References. (1) This work; (2) Rizzo et al. (2003); (3) Fuente et al. (1996); (4) Fuente et al. (2003); (5) Fuente et al. (1993); (6) Goicoechea et al. (2009); (7) Teyssier et al. (2004); (8) Gerin et al. (2009a); (9) Gerin et al. (2009b); (10) Goicoechea et al. (2006).

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