Detection of CO(4-3), CO(9-8), and dust emission in the BAL quasar APM 08279+5255 at a redshift of 3.9

D. Downes, R. Neri, T. Wiklind +2

We detected with the IRAM interferometer the lines of CO(4-3) and CO(9-8) from the recently-discovered broad absorption line quasar APM 08279+5255. The molecular lines are at a red…