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Table 1

Observational parameters.

Species Transition Frequency(a) δv Beam Size(b) ηMB Tsys(c) rms noise
(MHz) (m s−1) (′′) (K) (mK)
IRAM 30-m (Dec. 2013, May 2014, Oct. 2014, Sep. 2017)

N2H+ 1–0 93 173.764 31 26 0.85 90–160 32–71
DCO+ 2–1 144 077.282 41 17 0.80 80–300 28–102
N2D+ 2–1 154 217.181 38 16 0.78 90–600 18–33
DCO+ 3–2 216 112.582 68 11 0.66 360–460 53–94
C18O 2–1 219 560.358 67 11 0.65 340–400 50–89
N2H+ 3–2 279 511.832 42 9 0.56 190–400 29–51

GBT 100-m (Nov. 2014)

DCO+ 1–0 72 039.303 48 11 0.50 140–160 40–90
N2D+ 1–0 77 109.616 44 10 0.50 105–130 29–44

JCMT 15-m (Dec. 2015)

H2D+ 110–111 372 421.356 49 13 0.70 690 19–71
N2H+ 4–3 372 672.526 49 13 0.70 725 26–50

Notes. (a) N2H+ and N2 D+ frequencies are taken from Pagani et al. (2009b). The frequencies correspond to the strongest hyperfine component for each transition. (b) The beam size is the HPBW. (c) Tsys is expressed in the scale (Kutner & Ulich 1981).

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