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Table 3

Results of the fits to a selected number of dimethyl ether transitions for both the non-uniform density and temperature LIME models as well as the isothermal myXCLASS models.

T jump χ 2 x(CH3OCH3)a
K w.r.t. H2

Non-uniform density and temperature model
70 1.73 9 × 10-8 0.41
80 1.31 1.1 × 10-7 0.28
85 1.26 1.4 × 10-7 0.21
90 1.33 1.4 × 10-7 0.14
100 1.37 2.0 × 10-7 0
70 and 100 1.32 3 × 10-8 and 1.4 × 10-7 0.05

Isothermal model
90 2.08 1.7 × 10-7 0.14
80 and 100 1.34 5.9 × 10-8 and 3.0 × 10-7 0.08

Notes.

(a)

The abundance in the outermost part of the envelope, where temperatures are below 70 K, is assumed to be 1.0 × 10-15 with respect to H2, i.e., negligible.

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