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Table 3

Model parameters used to reproduce the NaCl observations of OH 231.8+4.2 (Sect. 5.2).

Parameter value
Distance (d) 1500 pc
LSR Systemic velocity (Vsys) +35 km s−1
Inclination (i) 32.5°
Radius of the tori (Rt) 5 × 1014 cm
Height of the tori (Ht) 3.5 × 1014 cm
Semi-major axis of the tori’s elliptical cross section (at) 2.5 × 1014 cm
Semi-minor axis of the tori’s elliptical cross section (ht) 5 × 1013 cm
Keplerian rotation (Vrot)
Equatorial expansion (Vexp) 3.5 × (ra/40au)km s−1
Turbulent velocity (Vturb) 2 km s−1
Molecular hydrogen density ()
Gas kinetic temperature (Tkin)
NaCl-to-H2 abundance (X(NaCl)) 5 × 10−9

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