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Aug 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...430l.125g&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 430, no. 2, pt. 2, p. L125-L128
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Nebulae, Physical Properties, Radio Spectra, Spatial Resolution, Carbon Compounds, Globules, H Ii Regions, Radio Telescopes
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We report the detection of the J = 1 to 0 and J = 2 to 1 lines of (12)CO and (13)CO, and of the J = 2 to 1 and J = 3 to 2 lines of CS, in the direction of the small teardrops of the Rosette nebula. These objects appear in the optical as dark patches of 3 arcseconds - 30 arcseconds diameter against the bright H II region of the Rosette nebula. The CO lines were detected in all the observed globules. One of the observed teardrops is still connected to a large elephant trunk by a tenuous filament, which has also been detected in (12)CO. The sizes of the (12)CO J = 2 to 1 emitting regions are found to be similar to the optical sizes. The kinetic temperature of the globules is 15-20 K, and the beam-averaged molecular hydrogen densities inferred fron the (13)CO lines range from 2 x 103 to 7 x 103 per cu cm. CS J = 2 to 1 emission was detected toward two small teardrops and marginally toward another one. The CS J = 3 to 2 line was detected in one of the above globules. Analysis of these lines yields to an upper limit of the density of (1-3) x 104 per cu cm for this teardrop. The masses range from approximately 0.02 solar mass for a well-isolated and defined teardrop to approximately 0.5 solar mass for one which is still connected to a larger globule. Visual extinctions are also very low with typical values of approximately 1-3 mag.
Cernicharo Jose
Gonzalez-Alfonso Eduardo
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