Herschel-SPIRE spectroscopy of the DR21 molecular cloud core

Details Herschel-SPIRE spectroscopy of the DR21 molecular cloud core Herschel-SPIRE spectroscopy of the DR21 molecular cloud core

2010-05-17

arxiv.org/abs/1005.2874v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

5 pages, 6 figures

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We present far-infrared spectra and maps of the DR21 molecular cloud core between 196 and 671 microns, using the Herschel-SPIRE spectrometer. Nineteen molecular lines originating from CO, 13CO, HCO+ and H2O, plus lines of [N II] and [CI] were recorded, including several transitions not previously detected. The CO lines are excited in warm gas with Tkin ~ 125 K and nH2 ~ 7 x 10^4 cm-3, CO column density N(CO) ~ 3.5 x 10^18 cm^-2 and a filling factor of ~ 12%, and appear to trace gas associated with an outflow. The rotational temperature analysis incorporating observations from ground-based telescopes reveals an additional lower excitation CO compoment which has a temperature ~ 78 K and N(CO) ~ 4.5 x 10^21 cm^-2. Astronomy & Astrophysics HERSCHEL special Issue, in press.

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