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Table 1

FTS molecular transitions.

Molecule Transition Frequency HPBWa EU b ρcrit c
(GHz) (arcsec) (K) (cm-3)

Ud 80.5599 30.5
HC3N (98) 81.8816 30.0 19.6 4.2 × 105
C3H2 (20,211,1) 82.0935 30.0 6.4
C3H2 (21,210,1) 85.3388 28.8 6.4
C4H (9 −8, J = 17/215/2) 85.6725 28.7 4.1
NH2D (11,110,1) 85.9262 28.6 20.7
H13CN (10) 86.3399 28.5 4.1 2.0 × 106
HCN (10) 88.6318 27.8 4.2 2.2 × 106
HCO+ (10) 89.1885 27.6 4.3 1.6 × 105
HNC (10) 90.6635 27.1 4.4 2.8 × 105
N2H+ (10) 93.1734 26.4 4.5 1.4 × 105
C34S (21) 96.4129 25.5 6.2
CH3OH (2− 1,21− 1,1) 96.7393 25.4 12.5
CH3OH (20,210,1) 96.7413 25.4 7.0
34SO (3221) 97.7153 25.2 9.1
CS (21) 97.9809 25.1 7.1 3.3 × 105
SO (3221) 99.2998 24.8 9.2
HC3N (1110) 100.076 24.6 28.8 8.8 × 105
C18O (10) 109.7821 22.3 5.3 1.9 × 103
Ud 109.9531 22.4
13CO (10) 110.2013 22.3 5.3 1.9 × 103

Notes.

(a)

[HPBW/arcsec] = 2460 × [freq/GHz] -1.

(b)

EU is the energy of the upper level of the transition.

(c)

ρcrit = Aul/γ, where Aul is the Einstein spontaneous emission coefficient and γ = σv is the collisional rate where σ is the cross section of the collision for each transition and v ⟩ ≈ (3kT/m)1/2 is the average velocity of the collisional particles. As H2 is the most abundant molecule it is used as the dominant collisional particle. We assume T = 10 K. The Einstein spontaneous emission coefficients and γ values are taken from LAMDA database (http://home.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~moldata/).

(d)

Unidentified line.

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