A Brief Update on the CMZoom Survey
  The inner few hundred parsecs of the Milky Way, the Central Molecular Zone
(CMZ), is our closest laboratory for understanding star formation in the
extreme environments (hot, dense, turbulent gas) that once dominated the
universe. We present an update on the first large-area survey to expose the
sites of star formation across the CMZ at high-resolution in submillimeter
wavelengths: the CMZoom survey with the Submillimeter Array (SMA). We identify
the locations of dense cores and search for signatures of embedded star
formation. CMZoom is a three-year survey in its final year and is mapping out
the highest column density regions of the CMZ in dust continuum and a variety
of spectral lines around 1.3 mm. CMZoom combines SMA compact and subcompact
configurations with single-dish data from BGPS and the APEX telescope,
achieving an angular resolution of about 4" (0.2 pc) and good image fidelity up
to large spatial scales.
