Description
New observations of CO (J=1->0) line emission from M33, using the 25 element BEARS focal plane array at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory 45m telescope, in conjunction with existing maps from the BIMA interferometer and the FCRAO 14m telescope, give the highest resolution (13") and most sensitive ({sigma}_rms_~60mK) maps to date of the distribution of molecular gas in the central 5.5kpc of the galaxy. A new catalog of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) has a completeness limit of 1.3x10^5^M_{sun}_.
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