A molecular line study of the elongated dark dust cloud TMC 1

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Cosmic Dust, Cyano Compounds, Interstellar Gas, Molecular Clouds, Molecular Spectra, Stellar Evolution, Abundance, Acetylene, Ammonia, Cyanoacetylene, Dynamic Response, Gas Temperature, Gas Transport, Line Spectra, Spectral Resolution

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The molecular condensation TMC 1 in the Taurus dust cloud is studied with high spectral and spatial resolution using the Effelsberg telescope in the J equals 1-0 transition of HC3N, the J equals 9-8 transition of HC5N, the J equals 8-7 and 21-20 transitions of HC7N as well as in the (J,K) equals (1,1) and (2,2) inversion transitions of NH3. Additional observations are made of the J equals 5-4 transition of HC3N using the NRAO 36-foot telescope. It is noted that the system (4-40 solar masses) may be close to being in hydrostatic equilibrium. The consequences of both a disk and a filamentary geometry for TMC 1 are discussed, and it is concluded that it is more likely to be an edge-on disk. Also discussed are the deviations from LTE in the J equals 1-0 transition of HC3N; here it is concluded that slight deviations exist but not in the sense that simple theory would predict.

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