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Table 4

Summary of the different parameters required to determine the velocity of the dissociation front, vDF (see Eq. (10)), and the advection timescale, Tad.

PDR G0 nH [H cm−3] L [pc] vDF [km s−1] τad [yr]
IC63 1100 ± 100 (2 ± 0.2) × 104 (8 ± 0.05) × 10−3 0.39 ± 0.081 (2 ± 0.4) × 104
Horsehead 100 ± 10 (1 ± 0.5) × 104 (7 ± 2.5) × 10−3 0.07 ± 0.038 (5 ± 3) × 104
Orion Bar (2.6 ± 1.5) X 104 (4 ± 0.1) × 104 (1 ± 0.01) × 10−2 4.6 ± 2.6 (1.8 ± 1) × 103

Notes. The details on the calculation of the advection timescale uncertainties can be found in Appendix F.

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