Abstract
Molecular gas in active galactic nuclei (AGN) may play multiple roles: it can fuel a massive black hole, collimate jets, and/or obscure a broad-line region from most viewing angles. In order to understand the physical state and kinematics of molecular gas in AGN, we are using the Owens Valley Millimeter Array to map several nearby active galxies at high resolution in the CO(2–1) line. Our first target is NGC 1068, which hosts an obscured broad-line Seyfert nucleus as well as an extended starburst. We acquired data from 35 baselines out to 242 m, with 10.4 km s−1 resolution. After calibration with MMA (Scoville et al. 1992), we subtracted a 23 mJy nuclear continuum source from the visibility data and made CLEAN maps with AIPS. The resulting sensitivity in each line channel is 32 mJy per 1.8″ × 1.5″ robustly-weighted beam (1″ = 70 pc at 14.4 Mpc).
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