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Table 4

DCO+ intensities and line ratios, with inferred temperature and density.

Source IRAS 16293−2422 VLA 1623−2417 – ALMA VLA 1623−2417 – APEX



Transition 5–4 (ACA) 3–2 (SMA) 5–4 3–2 5–4 3–2
Line width (km s−1) 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Beam (arcsec) 5.25 × 2.36 4.11 × 2.45 0.87 × 0.65 0.85 × 0.54 17.3 28.9
Peak (Jy beam−1) 3.8 ± 0.6 1.9 ± 0.2 0.29 ± 0.02 0.087 ± 0.008 ... ...
Peak (K) 2.9 ± 0.4 4.9 ± 0.6 4.8 ± 0.3 4.9 ± 0.5 0.79 ± 0.1a 4.8 ± 0.1



Line ratio 0.6 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.03
Column density (cm−2) 3 × 1012 2 × 1012 2 × 1012
H2 density (cm−3) 1–8 × 107 2–6 × 106 1–6 × 106
Kinetic temperature (K) 20–23 30–55 12–19
τ <1 <1 <1

Notes. (a)Peak temperature with beam dilution factor applied to DCO+ 5–4 (see Appendix C), taking the beam to be 17.3′′, and source 28.9′′.

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