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Normalized Lum<strong>in</strong>osity<br />

10 7<br />

10 6<br />

CO SLED: diagnostic for<br />

Star Formation Vs AGN?<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14<br />

J upper<br />

Mrk 231 (AGN)<br />

Arp 220 (Starburst)<br />

M82 (Starburst)<br />

Mid- to High-J CO traces warm gas and dom<strong>in</strong>ates <strong>the</strong> CO lum<strong>in</strong>osity and cool<strong>in</strong>g

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