\begin{table}%t5 \caption{\label{galratio}Adopted velocity-integrated line ratios in galaxy centres.} %\centerline { \begin{tabular}{l ccc ccc} \hline\hline Transitions & Beam & NGC~278 & NGC~660 & NGC~3628 & NGC~4631 & NGC~4666 \\ & ($'')$ & & & & & \\ \hline $\co$ \\ (1--0)/(2--1) & 21 & 0.89~$\pm$~0.16 & 1.19~$\pm$~0.17 & 1.40~$\pm$~0.28 & 1.72~$\pm$~0.26 & 1.42~$\pm$~0.21 \\ (2--1)/(2--1) & 12/21 & 1.58~$\pm$~0.24 & 2.57~$\pm$~0.40 & 1.38~$\pm$~0.28 & 1.68~$\pm$~0.25 & 1.37~$\pm$~0.21 \\ (3--2)/(2--1) & 21 & 0.79~$\pm$~0.13 & 0.69~$\pm$~0.11 & 0.62~$\pm$~0.12 & 0.66~$\pm$~0.10 & 0.69~$\pm$~0.10 \\ (3--2)/(2--1) & 12 & 0.74~$\pm$~0.13 & 0.66~$\pm$~0.12 & 0.87~$\pm$~0.17 & 0.58~$\pm$~0.09 & 0.80~$\pm$~0.12 \\ (4--3)/(2--1) & 21 & 0.56~$\pm$~0.08 & 0.66~$\pm$~0.11 & 0.65~$\pm$~0.13 & --- & 0.30~$\pm$~0.05 \\ (4--3)/(2--1) & 12 & 0.54~$\pm$~0.10 & 0.49~$\pm$~0.09 & 0.74~$\pm$~0.15 & 0.46~$\pm$~0.07 & 0.36~$\pm$~0.05 \\ \hline $\co$/$\treizeco$ \\ (1--0) & 21 & 8.4~$\pm$~1.3 & 15.7~$\pm$~2.0 & 12.2~$\pm$~1.8 & 13.0~$\pm$~2.0 & 8.5~$\pm$~1.3 \\ (2--1) & 21 & 8.6~$\pm$~1.4 & 12.2~$\pm$~1.8 & 11.7~$\pm$~1.6 & 22.2~$\pm$~3.3 & 6.7~$\pm$~1.0 \\ (2--1) & 12 & 9.6~$\pm$~1.5 & 18.8~$\pm$~2.8 & 13.2~$\pm$~1.9 & 11.4~$\pm$~1.6 & 6.3~$\pm$~1.0 \\ (3--2) & 14 & 11.4~$\pm$~1.7 & 12.8~$\pm$~1.9 & 7.9~$\pm$~1.8 & --- & 11.3~$\pm$~1.7 \\ \lbrack CI\rbrack/CO(2--1)) & 21 & 0.29~$\pm$~0.04 & 0.20~$\pm$~0.05 & 0.28~$\pm$~0.06 & --- & --- \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \end{table}