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Table 3

Origin of the molecules discussed in Sect. 5 based on their transitions detected in this line survey.

Hot gas at Hot and dense Warm and dense Lower (<100 K) Diffuse Orion Ridge
average density gas gas temperatures gas material

CH+ C2H C2H SO CF+, HF, CN OH+, HCl
Molecules HCO+ H2CO CS HCN HCO+, CH+ CO, 13CO
CN CO, 13CO, C18O C17O SO
Tkin (K) >200 300 100–150 50–80
n (cm-3) ~105 106 105−106 5 × 105−106

Notes. The temperatures and densities are based on the RADEX models in Sect. 4.3.

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