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Table 2

Parameters of the NH3  inversion lines observed toward NGC 7538 IRS1.

Line Fpeak Vc ΔV1/2 Fint Fcont
(J, K) (Jy) (km s-1) (km s-1) (Jy km s-1) (Jy)

Core component
(6, 6) 0.236 59.3 8.3 2.1 0.34
(7, 7) –0.208 –59.4 7.4 –1.6 0.34
(9, 9) –0.194 –59.1 7.8 –1.6 0.34
(10, 10) –0.135 –59.2 7.1 –1.0 0.37
(12, 12) –0.113 –59.3 7.9 –0.95 0.34
(13, 13) –0.048 –58.2 10 –0.52 0.46
(14, 14) –0.032 –58.8 13 –0.45 0.42
CH3OH –0.155 –58.9 5.9 –0.98 0.34
Southern component
(6, 6) –0.060 –59.7 5.6 –0.36 0.07
(7, 7) –0.046 –59.8 4.4 –0.21 0.07
(9, 9) –0.029 –59.5 4.4 –0.14 0.07
(10, 10) –0.013 –59.4 4.3 –0.06 0.07
CH3OH –0.044 –59.6 4.6 –0.22 0.07

Notes. The peak fluxes (Fpeak, Col. 2), the central velocities (Vc; Col. 3), the FWHM line-width (ΔV1/2; Col. 4), and the velocity-integrated flux (Fint; Col. 5) are estimated from single-Gaussian fits to the spectral profiles shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The core shows actually a stronger component around 59 km s-1 and a weaker component around 56 km s-1, the latter becomes more comparable with the stronger component at higher excitation energies. This partly explains the different velocity-centroids and line-widths at different excitations. The table reports also the continuum emission flux density at the corresponding frequency of the inversion line (Fcont; Col. 6).

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