Opacity broadening and interpretation of suprathermal CO linewidths: Macroscopic turbulence and tangled molecular clouds

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Table 2

Line emission properties of the gas components detected in Fig. 6.

Comp.	V_lsr	ΔV_int ^a	τ₀^b	τ₀^b	τ₀^b
	(km s^-1)	(km s^-1)	(C¹⁸O)	(¹³CO)	(¹²CO)

1	4.845	0.402	0.36	2.63	201.6
2	5.294	0.247	0.43	3.14	240.6
3	5.630	0.335	0.34	2.48	190.6
4	6.717	0.721	0.21	1.53	117.6
5	7.063	0.235	0.14	1.02	78.4
6	8.300	0.350	0.04^c	0.29	22.4
7	9.300	0.300	0.001^c	0.007	0.56

Notes.

^(a)

Opacity corrected intrinsic linewidths according to Eq. (4).

^(b)

Line opacities derived from Eq. (7).

^(c)

Approximate C¹⁸O line properties inferred from the ¹²CO and ¹³CO emission in the spectrum.

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