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Table 6.

Physical parameters derived from H2O modeling of APM 08279+5255 and NCv1.143.

APM 08279+5255

Compact component Extended component


Parameter Median Range (a) Fiducial (b) Median Range (a) Fiducial (b)
Tdust (K) 211 148, 258 235 51 37, 70 40
τ100 2.3 1.5, 5.2 2.1 0.5 0.1, 1.3 0.5
log10 NH2O (cm−2) 18.8 18.6, 19.2 18.8 17.4 16.8, 18.0 17.9
log10 nH2 (cm−3) 4.7 4.1, 5.3 5.2 4.6 4.0, 5.3 4.2
R (pc) 336 253, 440 317 1280 899, 1875 1303
log10 LIR (L) 14.6 14.1, 14.8 14.7 13.0 12.4, 13.6 12.6
log10 XH2O −5.7 −6.0, −5.5 −5.7 −6.4 −7.2, −5.4 −5.9
log10 Mgas (M) 10.1 9.8, 10.5 10.1 10.6 9.9, 11.0 10.7

NCv1.143

Tdust (K) 98 91, 109 95 50 46, 55 50
τ100 2.1 1.3, 4.2 2.3 1.1 1.0, 1.4 1.1
log10 NH2O (cm−2) 18.7 18.3, 19.2 18.6 17.0 16.9, 17.1 17.0
log10 nH2 (cm−3) 4.6 4.0, 5.3 4.2 4.7 4.1, 5.3 4.7
R (pc) 151 111, 190 172 925 815, 1050 898
log10 LIR (L) 12.6 12.4, 12.8 12.6 12.8 12.8, 12.9 12.8
log10 XH2O −5.7 −6.2, −5.3 −5.8 −7.2 −7.4, −7.0 −7.2
log10 Mgas (M) 9.4 9.0, 9.7 9.6 10.7 10.6, 10.8 10.7

Notes.

(a)

90% confidence intervals;

(b)

Values for the fiducial best-fit model, selected for detailed comparison with data, while the uncertainties of the derived parameters are well-characterized in Figs. 10 and 11.

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