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Logarithmic grid maps (in the common logarithmic space of log10) showing the X-conversion factors using the [CI] (1–0) (top) and the CO (1−0) (bottom), defined as the ratio of the PDF-averaged H2 column density to the PDF-averaged brightness temperature multiplied by the line width. These panels show results of the AV-PDF of m = 5 mag and σPDF = 0.4, corresponding to mag. Each column corresponds to different [O/H] ratios (left to right: −1.0 to 0.2 at a step of 0.2; see also Table 1 and Fig. 1). In all panels, the x-axis is the cosmic-ray ionization rate in the range of ζCR = 10−17−10−13 s−1, and the y-axis is the FUV intensity in the range of χ/χ0 = 10−1−103. The HI-to-H2 transition at which the condition HI = 2H2 is satisfied is shown as the solid red line. For ζCR−χ/χ0 pairs smaller than those corresponding to the red line, the distribution is molecular (H2 rich; colored partition), and otherwise, it is atomic (HI rich; white partition). For [O/H] = 0.0 and 0.2, the distribution is H2 rich for the entire range of ζCR and χ/χ0 we explored. The color bar shows the logarithm of the X-factor.
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