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Table 1

Physical conditions in the molecule-rich nebula, derived from our model fitting of the CO data, and assuming D = 1100 pc.

Inner disk Outer disk Outflow
(pure Keplerian rotation) (subkeplerian rotation plus slow expansion)
Parameter Law Values Law Values Law Values
Radius r < Ri Ri = 6 × 1015 cm r < Ro Ro = 2 × 1016 cm p < Rof Rof = 2.5 × 1016 cm
(see Figs. 6, 7)

Total width h < Hi Hi = 2.8 × 1015 cm h < Ho Ho = 4 × 1015 cm h < Hof Hof = 3.4 × 1016 cm
(see Figs. 6, 7)

Temperature T = To = 36 K T = To = 27 K T = To = 50 K
αT = 0.4 αT = 1 αT = 0.7

Density n = no = 3.7 × 106 cm−3 n = n(1016cm) = 9 × 105 cm−3 n = no = 8.5 × 104 cm−3
αn = 1 αn = 1 αn = 2.3

Local velocity constant 0.1 km s−1 constant 0.1 km s−1 constant 2 km s−1
dispersion


Other parameters Law Values comments

Axis inclination with respect to the plane of the sky 70° from IR and CO data

Axis inclination in the plane of the sky (PA) −15° from IR and CO data

Distance 1100 pc various arguments (Sect. 1)

12CO relative abundance constant 1.5 × 10−4 this paper
13CO relative abundance constant 1.5 × 10−5 this paper

Notes. Thevalues of the physical conditions depend on three geometrical parameters: the distance to the center, r, distance to the axis, p, and distance to the equator, h. See Figs. 6, 7 for more details and cartoons of the density, velocity, and temperature distributions.

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