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Table 1.

Critical densities.

Molecule Transition Frequency Eu/k (a) ncrit (a),(b) neff (c)
(GHz) (K) (cm−3) (cm−3)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
CO 1−0 115.271 5.5 4 (2) ...
2−1 230.538 16.6 5 (3) ...
3−2 345.796 33.2 2 (4) ...
4−3 461.041 55.3 2 (5) ...
HCN 1−0 88.632 4.3 2 (5) 3 (3)
3−2 265.886 25.5 8 (6) 1 (4)
4−3 354.506 42.5 2 (7) 2 (5)
HCO+ 1−0 89.189 4.3 3 (4) 4 (2)
3−2 267.558 25.7 1 (6) 4 (3)
4−3 356.734 42.8 3 (6) 2 (4)
HNC 1−0 90.664 4.4 1 (5) 2 (3)
3−2 271.981 26.1 4 (6) 3 (4)
4−3 362.630 43.5 9 (6) 1 (5)
C2H 1−0 87.317 4.3 2 (5) 2 (4)
CS 2−1 97.981 7.1 9 (4) 9 (3)
3−2 146.969 14.1 3 (5) 3 (4)

Notes.

(b)

Calculated for Tkin = 30 K in the optically thin limit.

(c)

Shirley (2015), with log Nref = 14.0 (HCN, HCO+, and HNC) and log Nref = 13.5 (CS, C2H).

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