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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
We present CO(1-0) interferometer data with × spatial resolution and 13 km s−1 velocity resolution acquired at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory. These data reveal a clumpy circumnuclear ring of gas. We also find a central peak of CO within 2″ of the optical center. Deviations from circular motion are seen where the dust lanes along the leading edge of the bar intersect the nuclear ring, consistent with gas inflow along the bar. Hα maps of this galaxy show bright HII regions near the ends of this inflow region, indicating triggering of star formation by the inflow.