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New observations of CO in IRAS 10214+4724 confirm the presence of large amounts of warm, dense molecular gas in a small source.
A new \CO32 spectrum from the 12\,m telescope shows a 250\,\kms\ wide line centered at $z=2.2855$. The line flux, $6\pm 1.5$\,Jy\,\kms, agrees with measurements at other telescopes (IRAM 30\,m and NRO 45\,m). This indicates the source must be small and dispels previous suggestions of missing flux or undetected components.
A new \CO32 map from the IRAM interferometer with $2''$ resolution shows the source size is $<2''$ and there is little, if any, evidence for a velocity gradient. In particular, the new map does not confirm the source extension indicated by an earlier, lower quality map.
A map of \CO65 from the OVRO interferometer with $2.5''$ resolution confirms the line flux measured with the IRAM 30\,m telescope and, hence, the high excitaiton of the molecular gas. This map also shows litte evidence for source extension or a velocity gradient.
The CO data imply 10214+4724 contains $10^{11}h^{-2}$\,\Msun\ of \Htwo\ at 5000\,\percc\ and 50\,K. The source size limit corresponds to $<8 h^{-1}$\,kpc, a typical galactic scale. Combined with the line width, this indicates the total mass is $< 1.3 \times 10^{11}/(\sin i)^2 \ h^{-1}$\,\Msun. Thus either a very large fraction of the galaxy's mass is molecular gas or the inclination is low.
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