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RADEX non-LTE modeling for NH3. a) the integrated intensity ratio as a function of nH2 and Tkin for a given para-NH3 abundance per velocity gradient [X]/(dv/dr) of 4.4 × 10-11 pc (km s-1)-1. b) the integrated intensity ratio as a function of [X]/(dv/dr) and Tkin for a given density of 105 cm-3. In both panels, the levels go from 0.1 to 1 by 0.1. c) the integrated intensity ratio as a function of nH2 and Tkin for a given para-NH3 abundance per velocity gradient [X]/(dv/dr) of 4.4 × 10-11 pc (km s-1)-1. The levels start from 0.1 to 0.6 by 0.1. The red solid line and the dashed lines represent the observed line ratio as well as its lower and upper limit in Figs. 3a–c. d) the integrated intensity ratio and as a function of nH2 and Tkin for a given ortho-NH3 abundance per velocity gradient [X]/(dv/dr) of 5.6 × 10-11 pc (km s-1)-1. The levels start from 0.05 to 0.2 by 0.05. The observed line ratio = (0.28 ± 0.08) is beyond the modeled range, indicating that the kinetic temperature is either higher than 300 K or that NH3 (6, 6) is affected by population inversion.

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