Aims.While the search for molecular gas in distant galaxies is based on the detection of submillimeter CO rotational lines, the current CO surveys of nearby galaxies are restricted to the millimeter CO lines. The submillimeter CO lines are formed in warm and dense molecular gas and are therefore sensitive to the physical conditions whereas the CO () line is a tracer of the total molecular gas mass. In order to be able to compare the properties of molecular gas in nearby and distant galaxies, we have observed C and CO submillimeter lines (including the 12CO(6-5) and 12CO(7-6) lines) in a sample of nearby galaxies using the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO).
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