Abstract
Molecular gas in the host galaxy of the lensed quasar QSO 0957+561 has been detected at the redshift of 1.414 using the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer. This detection shows the extended nature of the molecular gas distribution. The molecular gas mass is 2-4 109 M⊙ and it is distributed in a disk that is several kiloparsecs in diameter. A second, weaker component of CO is interpreted as arising from a close companion galaxy moving at a velocity 440 km s−1 higher than the host galaxy.
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