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J/A+A/279/541  Submillimeter obs of shocked molecular        (Van Dishoek+ 1993)
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Submillimeter observations of the shocked molecular gas associated with
the supernova remnant IC 443
     Van Dishoeck E.F., Jansen D.J., Phillips T.G.
    <Astron. Astrophys. 279, 541 (1993)>
    =1993A&A...279..541V
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ADC_Keywords: Supernova remnants ; Radio lines
Keywords: ISM : molecules - ISM : supernova remnants -
          ISM: individual objects: IC 443 - shock waves -
          radio lines : interstellar

Abstract:
   Submillimeter observations of various simple molecules in the shocked 
   molecular gas associated with the supernova remnant IC 443 are presented. 
   CO 3-2 line profiles along the shocked ring are used to constrain the global
   kinematics of the region. Searches for other molecules in the shocked 
   gas have been performed at two positions in clump G and one position in 
   clump B. High-frequency lines of HCO(+), HCN, HNC, CS, SO, SiO, H2CO 
   and C2H have been detected, and significant upper limits have been obtained
   for various other, more complex molecules. The physical parameters in 
   the shocked gas have been derived from an analysis of the excitation of 
   these species. The observed abundances are substantially lower than those 
   found in one-fluid hydrodynamic shock models with a small H/H2 ratio, 
   but appear consistent with the limited models in which H/H2 is significant.

Objects:
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       RA   (2000)   DE    Designation(s)
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    06 16.0    +22 24      IC 443 = SNR 189.0+03.0 = 3C 157
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File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
table1          67         57    Observations and fits of IC 443 G I
table2          67         23    Observations and fits of IC 443 G II
table3          67         50    Observations and fits of IC 443 B
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Note on table1:
     a: upper limits are 2 sigma values in 1 MHz bandwidth
        Preshock and shocked emission cannot be distinguished; about 20 % of
        the integrated emission is estimated to be due to the preshocked gas.

Note on table3:
        DV is kept fixed at 12, 20 and 20 km/s in the fit to those
        profiles that show multiple components.

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1, table2, table3
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  7  A7     ---     Species  Ion or molecule name
  12- 22  A11    ---     Transit  Transition levels upper-lower
  24- 29  I6     MHz     Freq     Frequency
      31  A1     ---     l_T(MB)  '<' if T(MB) is an upper limit
                                  (upper limits are 2 sigma values in 1 MHz
                                   bandwidth)
  32- 36  F5.2   K       T(MB)    ?Main beam temperature   
  40- 44  F5.1   km/s    V(LSR)   ?Velocity
  47- 50  F4.1   km/s    DV       ?FWHM of line
  53- 57  F5.1   K.km/s  W        ?Main beam temperature integrated over profile
      59  A1     ---     Note     Remark (see above)
  61- 68  A8     ---     Obs      Telescope and Year of observation
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(End)                                    Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]   20-Jul-1993

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