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Table 3

Summary of the observed absorption lines assumed to arise from foreground clouds of the GC sources listed in Col. 1.

Source Type Stellar radial Lines at vLSR = Lines at vLSR = Lines at vLSR = Lines at vLSR =
velocity (km s−1) −145, −85, −60, −40 km s−1 −185 km s−1 −130 km s−1 50 km s−1
observed in summed observed in summed observed in summed observed in summed
R(0), P(1) and P(2) R(0) and P(1) R(0) and P(1) R(0) and P(2)
spectra spectra spectra spectra
Northern arm sources

IRS 1W Red 35 ± 20 Yes No Yes Yes
IRS 5 Cool 110 ± 60 Yes Yes Yes Yes
IRS 10W Cool 80 ± 60 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cool 195 ± 150
IRS 21 Hot − 90 ± 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes

The helium stars

IRS 16C Hot 125 ± 30 Yes No No Yes
IRS 16SW Hot 453 ± 4 Yes No No Yes

The bar and minicavity region

IRS 2S Cool 107 ± 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes
IRS 2L Red Yes Yes Yes Yes
IRS 3 Red Yes Yes Yes Yes
IRS 12N Cool − 65 ± 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes
IRS 13E Hot 45 ± 60 Yes Yes Yes Yes
IRS 29S Hot − 93 ± 20 Yes No Yes Yes
Hot − 164 ± 2

IRS 6W Hot 63 ± 3 Yes Yes No Yes

Notes. The spectral types and published radial velocities of the sources are given in Cols. 2 and 3, respectively. See Table 1 for references. For IRS 12N we used the average of the values derived by Zhu et al. (2008) and Figer et al. (2003).

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