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The cooling of atomic and molecular gas in DR21

arXiv:astro-ph/0609559 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065855

Abstract

We present an overview of a high-mass star formation region through the major (sub-)mm, and far-infrared cooling lines to gain insight into the physical conditions and the energy budget of the molecular cloud. We used the KOSMA 3m telescope to map the core () of the Galactic star forming region DR 21/DR 21 (OH) in the Cygnus X region in the two fine structure lines of atomic carbon CI and four mid- transitions of CO and CO, and CS $J=7\TO6$. These observations have been combined with FCRAO $J=1\TO0$ observations of CO and CO. Five positions, including DR21, DR21 (OH), and DR21 FIR1, were observed with the ISO/LWS grating spectrometer in the \OI 63 and 145 m lines, the \CII 158 m line, and four high- CO lines. We discuss the intensities and line ratios at these positions and apply Local Thermal Equilibrium (LTE) and non-LTE analysis methods in order to derive physical parameters such as masses, densities and temperatures. The CO line emission has been modeled up to J=20. From non-LTE modeling of the low- to high- CO lines we identify two gas components, a cold one at temperatures of T$_\RM{kin}\sim 30-40$ K, and one with T$_\RM{kin}\sim 80-150$ K at a local clump density of about n(H) cm. While the cold quiescent component is massive containing typically more than 94 % of the mass, the warm, dense, and turbulent gas is dominated by mid- and high- CO line emission and its large line widths. The medium must be clumpy with a volume-filling of a few percent. The CO lines are found to be important for the cooling of the cold molecular gas, e.g. at DR21 (OH). Near the outflow of the UV-heated source DR21, the gas cooling is dominated by line emission of atomic oxygen and of CO.

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