2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13626In order to trace observationally the conditions in the interstellar medium (ISM) that lead to starbursts, we have used the newly expanded Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association (BIMA) millimeter-wave array to map the molecular ISM in a sample of LIGs chosen to represent different phases of the interacting/merging process. CO images of 6 galaxy mergers at the early/intermediate stage are shown here and preliminary results are summarized.4 pages including a postscript figure; talk presentation at IAU Symp. 186 "Galaxy Interactions at Low and High Redshift", J. Barnes & D. Sanders (eds.) in pressAstrophysicstext