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CONDOR observations of high mass star formation in Orion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

N. H. Volgenau ,
M. C. Wiedner ,
G. Wieching ,
M. Emprechtinger ,
F. Bielau ,
U. U. Graf ,
C. E. Honingh ,
K. Jacobs ,
B. Vowinkel  and
R. Güsten
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N. H. Volgenau
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
M. C. Wiedner
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
G. Wieching
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
M. Emprechtinger
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
F. Bielau
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
U. U. Graf
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
C. E. Honingh
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
K. Jacobs
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
B. Vowinkel
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
R. Güsten
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, 53121 Bonn, Germany
D. Rabanus
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
J. Stutzki
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
F. Wyrowski
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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CONDOR, the CO, N+, Deuterium Observations Receiver, is designed to make velocity-resolved observations of the CO, [NII], and p-H2D+ lines in the 1.4 THz (200-240μm) atmospheric windows. CONDOR's first light observations were made with the APEX telescope in November 2005. The CONDOR beam on APEX (at ν = 1.5 THz) was expected to consist of a 4.3″ main beam and a 73″ error beam; this beam structure was verified from scans of Mars. The pointing accuracy, also determined from Mars scans, was better than 7″. The average atmospheric transmission during our Orion observations (elev~57°) was 19 ± 4% along the line-of-sight. A forward efficiency of Feff = 0.8 was determined from sky dips, and observations of the Moon and Mars were used to couple the CONDOR beam to sources of different sizes (ηc = 0.40 and ~0.10, respectively). For more information, see Wiedner et al. 2006.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 492
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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