The molfit file

The molfit file, used by the myXCLASS function indicates the parameters of the species to be considered. Comments are marked with "%".
 

Example 1 (molfit file for myXCLASS function):

two molecules with one and three component. The first molecule is described by two core and one foreground component. (The source size definition for the foreground component is superfluous.) The second molecule requires one core component.

% Number of molecules	2
% 
% schema:
%
% name of molecule		number of components
% source size [arcsec]:    T_rot [K]:    N_tot [cm-2]:    velocity width [km/s]: velocity offset [km/s]:    CFflag:
%
CO;v=0;		1
                   10.0        150.0           1.0e+16                       5.0                   -10.0    c
                   13.0         40.0           3.0e+15                       3.0                   -12.0    c
                   31.0         30.0           1.0e+14                       2.0                    +8.0    f
CS;v=0;		1
                    8.0        200.0           2.1e+15                       4.2                   -10.0    c

 

Example 2 (molfit file for myXCLASSFit function, can be used for myXCLASS function as well):

one molecule with one core component

% Number of molecules	1
% 
% schema:
%
% name of molecule		number of components
% fit:  low:  up:  source size [arcsec]:    fit:  low:  up:  T_rot [K]:    fit:  low:  up:  N_tot [cm-2]:    fit:  low:  up:  velocity width [km/s]: fit:  low:  up:  velocity offset [km/s]:    CFflag:
%
CO;v=0;		1
     n   1.0  1e3                   10.0       y   1.0  1e3       150.0      n  1e11  1e21        1.0e+16       y   0.5 15.0                  5.0       y   -70   70                     -10.0    c

 

Molfit parameters variation

  • myXCLASS spectrum for various source sizes:

source_size_var

  • myXCLASS spectrum for various temperatures:
    Temp_var
  • myXCLASS spectrum for various column densities:
    Ntot_var
  • myXCLASS spectrum for various velocity widths:
    vWidth_var
  • myXCLASS spectrum for various velocity offsets:
    vOff_var