Detection of $1.6\times 10^{10}$ M${}_{\odot }$ of molecular gas in the host galaxy of the $z=5.77$ SDSS quasar J0927+2001

C. Carilli, R. Neri, R. Wang +13

We have detected emission by the CO 5-4 and 6-5 rotational transitions at $z=5.7722\pm 0.0006$ from the host galaxy of the SDSS quasar J0927+2001 using the Plateau de Bure interf…