First results from the H i Jodrell All Sky Survey: inclination-dependent selection effects in a 21-cm blind survey

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 342; no. 3; pp. 738 - 758
• Main Authors: Lang, Robert H., Boyce, Peter J., Kilborn, Virginia A., Minchin, Robert F., Disney, Michael J., Jordan, Christine A., Grossi, Marco, Garcia, Diego A., Freeman, Ken C., Phillipps, Steven, Wright, Alan E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 23 Ainslie Place , Edinburgh EH3 6AJ , UK . Telephone 226 7232 Fax 226 3803 Blackwell Science Ltd 01.07.2003
• Subjects: galaxies: distances and redshifts; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: luminosity function; galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; large-scale structure of Universe; mass function; surveys

ABSTRACT Details are presented of the H i Jodrell All Sky Survey (HIJASS). HIJASS is a blind neutral hydrogen (H i) survey of the northern sky (δ > 22°), being conducted using the multibeam receiver on the Lovell Telescope (full width at half‐maximum beamwidth 12 arcmin) at Jodrell Bank. HIJASS c...