White, Glenn J.; Phillips, J. P.; Beckman, J. E. and Cronin, N. J.
(1982).
J = 4→3 HCN observations of M17SW, DR 21(OH), W51 and NGC 6334.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 199
pp. 375–383.
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Abstract
We report observations of NGC 6334N, Ml7SW, W 51 and DR2l(OH) in the J = 4→3 transition of HCN at 354GHz. These results are combined with previously obtained J=1→0HCN data to determine molecular abundances X(HCN) ~4 × 10-11 -4 × 10-12, and characteristic line excitation zone densities n(H2)~106 cm-3. These results are at variance with previous analyses based on J=1→0 results alone, and the predictions of certain models of the cloud chemistry. The reasons for these discrepancies are discussed.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
1982 Royal Astronomical Society |
| ISSN: |
0035-8711 |
| Keywords: |
abundance; electron transitions; gas density; hydrocyanic acid; hydrogen clouds; molecular clouds; molecular spectra; astronomical models; bolometers; carbon; cosmochemistry; hydrogen; hyperfine structure; line spectra; molecular collisions; molecular excitation; nitrogen |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Science > Physical Sciences |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: |
Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) |
| Item ID: |
33796 |
| Depositing User: |
Glenn White
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| Date Deposited: |
06 Jun 2012 13:46 |
| Last Modified: |
08 Jun 2012 04:01 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/33796 |
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