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Herschel-SPIRE spectroscopy of the DR21 molecular cloud core

Journal

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 518, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014622

Keywords

ISM: lines and bands; infrared: ISM; ISM: molecules

Funding

  1. CSA (Canada)
  2. NAOC (China)
  3. CEA (France)
  4. CNES (France)
  5. CNRS (France)
  6. ASI (Italy)
  7. MCINN (Spain)
  8. Stockholm Observatory (Sweden)
  9. STFC (UK)
  10. NASA (USA)
  11. Science and Technology Facilities Council [PP/D000963/1, ST/G002533/1] Funding Source: researchfish
  12. STFC [ST/G002533/1, PP/D000963/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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We present far-infrared spectra and maps of the DR21 molecular cloud core between 196 and 671 mu m, using the Herschel-SPIRE spectrometer. Nineteen molecular lines originating from CO, (CO)-C-13, 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 T-kin similar to 125 K and n(H2) similar to 7x10(4) cm(-3), CO column density N(CO) similar to 3.5x10(18) cm(-2) and a filling factor of similar to 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 similar to 78 K and N(CO) similar to 4.5x10(21) cm(-2).

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