A search for molecules in damped Lyman-alpha absorbers occulting   millimetre-loud quasars
  We have used the SEST 15-metre and Onsala 20-metre telescopes to perform deep (r.m.s. >~ 30 mJy) integrations of various molecular rotational transitions towards damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems (DLAs) known to occult millimetre-loud quasars. We have observed 6 new systems and improved the existing limits for 11 transitions. These limits may be approaching the sensitivities required to detect new systems and we present a small number of candidate systems which we believe warrant further observation. 
S. J. Curran (UNSW), M. T. Murphy (UNSW), J. K. Webb (UNSW), F.   Rantakyro (ESO & U. Chile), L. E. B. Johansson (OSO) and S...