The arecibo legacy fast ALFA survey. I. Science goals, survey design, and strategy

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2598-2612

  Giovanelli, Riccardo ^a   Haynes, Martha P ^a   Kent, Brian R ^a   Perillat, Philip ^b   Saintonge, Amelie ^a   Brosch, Noah ^c   Catinella, Barbara ^b   Hoffman, G Lyle ^d   Stierwalt, Sabrina ^a   Spekkens, Kristine ^a   Lerner, Mikael S ^b   Masters, Karen L ^a   Momjian, Emmanuel ^b   Rosenberg, Jessica L ^e   Springob, Christopher M ^a   Boselli, Alessandro ^f   Charmandaris, Vassilis ^g   Darling, Jeremy K ^h   Davies, Jonathan ⁱ   Lambas, Diego Garcia ^j   Gavazzi, Giuseppe ^k   Giovanardi, Carlo ^l   Hardy, Eduardo ^m   Hunt, Leslie K ⁿ   Iovino, Angela ^o   Karachentsev, Igor D ^p   Karachentseva, Valentina E ^q   Koopmann, Rebecca A ^r   Marinoni, Christian ^o   Minchin, Robert ⁱ   Muller, Erik ^s   Putman, Mary ^t   Pantoja, Carmen ^u   Salzer, John J ^v   Scodeggio, Marco ^w   Skillman, Evan ^x   Solanes, Jose M ^y,z   Valotto, Carlos ^j   Van Driel, Wim ^aa   Van Zee, Liese ^ab   more..

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^h CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^l INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^m NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁿ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^o INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^p RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^q TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^r UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^s CSIRO   (Australia)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^v WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^x University of Minnesota   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^z Centre Especial de Recerca en Astrofisica Fisica de Particules i Cosmologia   (United States)

^aa OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^ab INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: spiral; Radio lines: galaxies; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645155171     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497431     Document Type: Article

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