Detection of interstellar NH3 in the far-infrared - Warm and dense gas in Orion-KL

Details Detection of interstellar NH3 in the far-infrared - Warm and dense gas in Orion-KL Detection of interstellar NH3 in the far-infrared - Warm and dense gas in Orion-KL

Jun 1983

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 269, June 1, 1983, p. L11-L15.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

38

Ammonia, Infrared Spectra, Interstellar Gas, Orion Nebula, Emission Spectra, Far Infrared Radiation, Line Spectra, Molecular Collisions

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Results of an investigation are presented which show the detection of the (J,K) = a(4,3)-s(3,3) rotation-inversion transition of ammonia at 124.6 microns toward the center of the Orion-KL region. The line is found to be in emission and has a FWHM greater than or equal to 30 km/s, while the far-IR ammonia line emission probably comes mainly from the 'hot core', a compact region of warm, very dense gas previously identified by the radio inversion lines of NH3. The a(4,3)-s(3,3) line is very optically thick and it is determined that radiative excitation of the (4,3) NH3 level by far-IR emission from dust within the source can be ruled out. It is concluded that the (4,3) level is probably collisionally excited and the gas in the hot core region is warmer than the dust. Densities of approximately 10 to the 7th/cu cm are high enough to explain the observations, while shock heating by the mass outflow from IRc2 may account for the high gas temperatures in the hot core region.

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