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Table 4

Column densities for the detected species (in emission) in the GC along various lines of sight toward the CMZ from recent previous works.

Molecule SgrB2Na SgrB2Ma CNDb LOS+0.693c LOS-0.11c CMZd,e
[cm−2] [cm−2] [cm−2] [cm−2] [cm−2] [cm−2]
c-C3H2 2.50 × 1014 2.60 × 1014 9.4 ± 2.5 × 1013 6.0 ± 0.7 × 1013
CCH 2.00 × 1015 5.00 × 1015 3.162 ± 0.186 × 1015 2.512 ± 0.24 × 1015
HCN 1.07 × 1017 1.79 × 1016 3.38 ± 0.40 × 1015 >2.40 × 1015 >4.80 × 1015 1.7 × 1015
HCO+ 5.07 × 1015 7.45 × 1015 5.26 ± 1.28 × 1014 5.70 ± 0.13 × 1014 3.6 ± 0.08 × 1014 5.0 × 1014
HNC 4.79 × 1015 5.98 × 1015 1.90 ± 0.29 × 1014 >2.4 × 1015 >1.8 × 1015 7.0 × 1014
CS 2.59 × 1017 1.49 × 1016 1.07 ± 0.13 × 1015
13CO 3.08 × 1018 3.45 × 1018 2.81 ± 0.0644 × 1017 1.15 ± 0.095 × 1017
CN 6.93 × 1014 9.90 × 1015 5.48 ± 3.75 × 1015 1.698 ± 0.174 × 1015 1.738 ± 0.195 × 1015

Notes.a Belloche et al. (2013) of the velocity component closest to the systemic velocity of Sgr B2N (64 km s−1) and Sgr B2M (62 km s−1); b Harada et al. (2015); c Armijos-Abendaño et al. (2015); d Jones et al. (2012); e average value over the CMZ corrected for optical depth effects.

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