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Table 1.

Excitation temperature (Tex), column density (Ttot) and relative abundance determined relative to CH3CN for complex nitrogen bearing species in IRAS 16293B and IRAS 16293A.

Molecule Tex (K) Ttot (cm−2) Relative
abundance
IRAS 16293A

CH3CN 120 (10) 8.0 (1.0) × 1016 1
13CH3CN 120 (10) 1.0 (0.2) × 1015 0.013
CH3 13CN 120 (10) 1.2 (0.2) × 1015 0.015
CH3C15N 120 (10) 3.4 (0.2) × 1014 0.004
CH2DCN 120 (10) 3.5 (0.5) × 1015 0.044
CHD2CN 120 (10) 2.2 (0.5) × 1014 0.003
C2H5CN 140 (10) 9.0 (0.2) × 1015 0.113
C2H3CN 150 (10) ≤2.4 × 1014†† ≤0.002††
HC3N 160 (20) 4.4 (0.2) × 1014 0.006

IRAS 16293B

CH3CN 110 (10) 4.0 (1.0) × 1016 1
13CH3CN 110 (10) 6.0 (0.2) × 1014 0.015
CH3 13CN 110 (10) 5.0 (0.2) × 1014 0.013
CH3C15N 110 (10) 1.6 (0.2) × 1014 0.004
CH2DCN 110 (10) 1.4 (0.2) × 1015 0.035
CHD2CN 110 (10) 2.0 (0.2) × 1014 0.005
C2H5CN 110 (10) 3.6 (0.2) × 1015 0.090
C2H3CN 110 (10) 7.4 (0.2) × 1014 0.019
HC3N 100 (20) 1.8 (0.2) × 1014 0.005

Notes. All models assume LTE and a source size of 0″̣5. Errors are given in brackets.

Derived from the v8 = 1 state.

††

Determined for the 3σ limit.

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