The abundances of atomic carbon and carbon monoxide compared with visual extinction in the Ophiuchus molecular cloud complex
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Abstract
We have observed emission from the 492 GHz lines of C I toward six positions in the Ophiuchus molecular \ncloud complex for which accurate visual extinctions are available. We find that the column density of C I \nincreases with A_v to greater than 2 x 10^(17) cm^(-2) at 100 mag, the column-averaged fractional abundance \nreaches a peak of about 2.2 x 10^(-5) for A_v in the range 4-11 mag and the column-averaged abundance ratio \nof C I to CO decreases with A_v from about 1 at 2 mag to greater than ~0.03 at 100 mag. These results imply \nthat, while C I is not the primary reservoir of gaseous carbon even at cloud edges, its fractional abundance \nremains high for at least 10 mag into the cloud and may be significant at even greater depths.
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