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Table 5

Physical conditions and cosmic ray ionisation rates.

Pos. Δv nH2 Tkin N(C18O) AV N(H13CO+) N(DCO+) ζ
[ km s-1] [103 cm-3] [K] [1015 cm-2] [mag] [1012 cm-2] [1012 cm-2] [10-17 s-1]

N1 3.5 0.6 {0.2−1} 15 ± 5 4 {2−6} 21 {11−32} 0.8−1.3 <0.22 <0.005 >13
N5 3.0 4 {2−5} 10 ± 2 3 {2−8} 16 {11−32} 1.1−1.4 0.89−1.30 0.014−0.020 130330
N6 3.0 4 {2−6} 13 ± 3 6 {4−20} 32 {21−105} 1.8−2.5 0.79−1.30 0.008−0.012 130400
N2 5.0 > 2 16 ± 2 20 {15−30} 105 {79−158} 5.6−8.9 1.10−2.00 0.003−0.006
N7 2.5 2 {2−5} 10 ± 2 4 {3−10} 21 {16−53} 0.6−0.9 <0.25 <0.007 >130
N8 3.5 1 {0.6−2} 8 ± 1 3 {2−4} 16 {11−21} <0.2 <0.35
N3 3.5 6 {4−10} 8 ± 1 6 {5−7} 32 {26−37} 1.0−1.4 <0.35 <0.006 >260
N4 3.0 2 {0.6−4} 12 ± 3 2 {2−3} 11 {5−16} 1.0−1.4 <0.35 <0.006 >40
SE1 4.0 2 {1−5} 19 ± 5 6 {5−20} 32 {26−105} 0.4−0.56 0.791.0 0.0320.05 0.220
SE2 3.0 4 {2−10} 8 ± 2 0.9 {0.4−20} 5 {2−105} <0.2 <0.28
SW2 1.5 2 {1−4} 20 ± 4 4 {3−10} 21 {16−53} <0.1 <0.22
SW4 1.5 6 {4−10} 16 ± 2 1.5 {1−3} 5 {5−16} 0.5−0.8 <0.25 <0.009

Notes. nH2 is the molecular hydrogen density (cm-3), Tkin the gas kinetic temperature, N(C18O) the total column density of C18O. AV is the visual extinction assuming [C18O] = AV × 1.9 1014 cm-2 (Frerking et al. 1982; Bolatto et al. 2013). We assumed isotopic ratio values 18O /16O = 500 and 13C /12C = 50 (see text). Values in brackets indicate the range of values satisfying . Uncertainties on nH2 and Tkin are at the 70% confidence level, and are propagated in the abundance ratios and upper limits. Lower limits of ζ were deduced from chemical modelling (see Sect. 6).

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N2 and SW4 are probably ionised by a source other than CRs (see text).

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