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Table 2

H2 excitation temperatures and column densities derived from the two linear components of the excitation diagram fits.

T1$T_1^ * $ (K) T2$T_2^ * $ (103 K) log N1(H2) (cm−2) log N2(H2) (cm−2) T1$T_1^ * $ (K) T2$T_2^ * $ (103 K) log N1(H2) (cm−2) log N2(H2) (cm−2)
No attenuation correction With example attenuation correction(a)


HII 659 ± 54 2.45 ± 0.13 20.10 ± 0.20 17.42 ± 0.11 661 ± 57 2.44 ± 0.16 20.45 ± 0.20 17.85 ± 0.12
Atomic 722 ± 50 2.70 ± 0.05 19.96 ± 0.18 17.31 ± 0.04 728 ± 54 2.71 ± 0.05 20.24 ± 0.19 17.65 ± 0.04
DF1 706 ± 35 2.68 ± 0.04 20.44 ± 0.15 17. 62 ± 0.04 713 ± 41 2.70 ± 0.07 20.95 ± 0.16 18.22 ± 0.05
DF2 666 ± 36 2.90 ± 0.09 20.80 ± 0.17 17.75 ± 0.07 671 ± 40 2.87 ± 0.04 21.27 ± 0.18 18.31 ± 0.04
DF3 661 ± 40 2.66 ± 0.05 20.77 ± 0.18 17.82 ± 0.05 664 ± 43 2.67 ± 0.06 21.06 ± 0.19 18.16 ± 0.06

Notes. (a) Example correction assuming a screen geometry, with an attenuation curve and 10 µm silicate feature equal to the Milky Way extinction average of Gordon et al. (2023) with R(V) = 5.5. This results in large A(V) values, e.g., A(V) ~ 20 for DF3.

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