An H I Survey of the Centaurus and Sculptor GroupsConstraints on the space density of low mass galaxies
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2002
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de Blok, Willem
Zwaan, M A
Dijkstra, M
Briggs, Franklin
Freeman, Kenneth
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We present results of two 21-cm HI surveys performed with the Australia Telescope Compact Array in the nearby Centaurus A and Sculptor galaxy groups. These surveys are sensitive to compact HI clouds and galaxies with HI masses as low as ∼3 × 106 M⊙,
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Keywords: Acoustic noise; Computer simulation; Hydrogen; Poisson distribution; Satellites; Telescopes; Luminosity function; Galaxies Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; Intergalactic medium; ISM: clouds; Radio lines: ISM
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
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