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2001ApJ...551..333L - Astrophys. J., 551, 333-346 (2001/April-2)

A spectral line survey from 138.3 to 150.7 GHz toward Orion-KL.

LEE C.W., CHO S.-H. and LEE S.-M.

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We present the results of a spectral line survey from 138.3 to 150.7 GHz toward Orion-KL. The observations were made using the 14 m radio telescope of Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory. Typical system temperatures were between 500 and 700 K, with the sensitivity between 0.02 and 0.06 K in units of T*A. A total of 149 line spectra are detected in this survey. Fifty lines have been previously reported; however, we find 99 new detections. Among these new lines, 33 are ``unidentified'', while 66 are from molecular transitions with known identifications. There is no detection of H or He recombination lines. The identified spectra are from a total of 15 molecular species and their isotopic variants. In the range from 138.3 to 150.7 GHz, the strongest spectral line is the J=3-2 transition of the CS molecule, followed by transitions of H2CO, CH3OH, CH3CN, and SO2. Spectral lines from the large organic molecules such as CH3OH, CH3OCH3, HCOOCH3, C2H5CN, and CH3CN are prominent, with 80% of the identified lines arising from transitions of these molecules. The rotational temperatures and column densities are derived using the standard rotation diagram analysis for CH3OH (13CH3OH), HCOOCH3, CH3CN, and SO2 at 10-270 K and 0.2-20x1015 cm–2. These estimates are fairly comparable to the values for the same molecules found in other frequency regions by other studies.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: Clouds - ISM: Individual: Name: Orion Kleinmann-Low - ISM: Molecules - Line: Identification - Radio Lines: ISM

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