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Molecular Gas in Elliptical Galaxies

L. M. Young

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0009070

Abstract

The distribution and kinematics of the molecular gas in elliptical galaxies give information on the origin and history of the gas and the rate of star formation activity in ellipticals. I describe some preliminary results of a survey which will more than double the number of elliptical galaxies with resolved molecular distributions.

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