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Table 3

Column densities and abundances for O2. (Tk = 30 K, nH = 1000 cm-3).

Feature Origin N(O2) N(H2) X(O2) X(OH)a X(H2O)a X(NH3)a
(km s-1) (cm-2) (cm-2) (× 10-6) (× 10-6) (× 10-9) (× 10-9)

+45.2 +50 km s-1 Cloud ≤ 1.4 × 1016 2.4 × 1023 ≤ 0.05 8 40
−7.1 Scutum Arm 7.9 × 1017 5.5 × 1021 140 b 2 e 3 e
≤ 4.9 × 1016 ≤ 9 c
2.7 × 1016 4.9 d
−32.6 −30 km s-1 Arm 9.0 × 1017 3.2 × 1021 280 b 6 30 5
≤ 7.8 × 1016 ≤ 20 c
3.1 × 1016 10 d

Notes.

(a)

From Karlsson et al. (2013);

(b)

Herschel “ON-absorption”;

(c)

Odin limit;

(d)

Herschel “differential OFF-ON emission”;

(e)

may be a blend of the Local, Sagittarius, and Scutum Arms.

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