The 1000 Brightest Hipass Galaxies: The HI Mass Function and Omega HI

Zwaan, M A; Staveley-Smith, Lister; Koribalski, Baerbel S; Henning, P A; Kilborn, Virginia A; Ryder, Stuart; Barnes, David G; Bhathal, R; Boyce, Peter; de Blok, W J G; Disney, Mike J; Drinkwater, Michael John; Ekert, Paul; Freeman, Kenneth; Gibson, Bradley K; Green, Anne J; Haynes, R F; Jerjen, Helmut; Juraszek, Sebastian; Kesteven, M J; Knezek, Patricia M; Kraan-Korteweg, Renee Christine; Mader, S; Marquarding, M; Meyer, M J; Minchin, R F; Mould, Jeremy; O'Brien, J; Oosterloo, T; Price, R N; Putman, Mary E; Ryan-Weber, E V; Sadler, Elaine M; Schroder, A; Stewart, Ian M; Stootman, F; Warren, Bradley; Waugh, M; Webster, Rachel L; Wright, Edmund (Ted)

The 1000 Brightest Hipass Galaxies: The HI Mass Function and Omega HI

Date

2003

Authors

Zwaan, M A

Staveley-Smith, Lister

Koribalski, Baerbel S

Henning, P A

Kilborn, Virginia A

Ryder, Stuart

Barnes, David G

Bhathal, R

Boyce, Peter

de Blok, W J G

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

We present a new, accurate measurement of the H I mass function of galaxies from the HIPASS Bright Galaxy Catalog, a sample of 1000 galaxies with the highest H I peak flux densities in the southern (δ < 0°) hemisphere. This sample spans nearly 4 orders