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Table 6

Physical sizes of cloud structures derived from two-point auto-correlation functions.

Velocitya c-C3 H2 H13CO+ 13CO CS C34 S 13CS SO SiO HNC HN13C HC15N CH3OH
(km s−1)
Galactic centre
− 105.9 > 0.55 0.55 > 0.53 > 0.55 0.45 0.16 n* 0.29 >0.53 0.47 n* 0.43
− 93.7 0.39 n* 0.51* 0.53 n* n* n* n* 0.49 n* n* n*
− 81.5 0.49 0.53 0.51 >0.55 0.47 n* n* 0.12* >0.53 n* >0.57 n*
− 74.6 0.51 0.55 >0.53 >0.55 0.31* 0.08* n* 0.08 >0.53 n* 0.51 n*
− 3.2 0.51 0.55 0.2 >0.55 n* n* 0.26 0.53 >0.53 n 0.37 0.51
2.0 >0.55 >0.57 0.43 0.51 0.51 0.55 >0.55 >0.55 >0.53 0.22 0.53 0.53
7.3 > 0.55 > 0.57 0.51 > 0.55 0.51 0.55 > 0.55 > 0.55 > 0.53 0.55 0.51 0.53

3 kpc arm
− 48.4 0.38* n* >0.42 0.13 n* n* n* n* >0.42 n* n* n*
− 39.7 >0.43 >0.45 >0.42 >0.43 0.4 n* >0.43 n* >0.42 n* 0.42* n*

4 kpc arm
− 27.6 0.31 0.31 >0.33 >0.34 n* n* n* n >0.33 n* n* n*
− 18.9 0.31 0.34 >0.33 >0.34 0.1* n* 0.1 n* >0.33 n* n* n*

Scutum arm
24.7 > 0.22 > 0.23 0.18 > 0.22 n* n* 0.06 0.21 >0.21 n* n* 0.21
31.6 > 0.22 0.04 0.2 0.21 n* n* 0.07 0.03 >0.21 n* n* >0.22
36.9 > 0.22 0.03 0.17 0.21 0.07 n* n* 0.07 >0.21 n* n* 0.2

Sagittarius arm
17.7 0.08 >0.08 0.07 >0.08 0.04 n* 0.06 >0.08 >0.08 0.04 0.05* 0.07

Notes.The sizes are given in pc. Channels with unresolved structures are marked with n and channels with a S/N of smaller than 5 in the opacity maps are marked with a star. (a) Cloud centroid velocities derived from c-C3 H2.

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