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Table 4

OH1667 optical depths and column densities for the +50 and +20  km s-1 clouds, the CND, the EMR, and the line-of-sight spiral arm features.

Source V peak ΔVFWHM τ1667 Tex N(OH)
( km s-1) ( km s-1) (K) (cm-2)

+50  km s-1 49 31 4.3 (+NA/−1.4) 40 1.2 × 18a
CND 17 84 1.9 (+0.4/−0.3) 80 2.9 × 1018a
+20  km s-1 23 42 3.3 (+0.9/−0.4) 40 1.2 × 1018a
EMR near side −128 55 0.9 (+0.4/−0.3) 30 3.3 × 1017(+1.5/−1.1)
Local/Sgr arm −6 16 1.1 (+0.5/−0.4) 3 1.2 × 1016(+0.5/−0.4)
−30  km s-1 arm −27 10 1.6 (+0.7/−0.5) 3 1.1 × 1016(+0.4/−0.4)
3-kpc arm −54 13 1.6 (+0.7/−0.5) 3 1.4 × 1016(+0.6/−0.4)

Notes.

(a)

Uncertainty is of the order of a factor 2, see Sect. 3.1.1.

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