The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: The ALFALFA Extragalactic HI Source Catalog

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作者
Haynes, Martha P. [1 ]
Giovanelli, Riccardo [1 ]
Kent, Brian R. [2 ]
Adams, Elizabeth A. K. [3 ]
Balonek, Thomas J. [5 ]
Craig, David W. [6 ]
Fertig, Derek [7 ]
Finn, Rose [8 ]
Giovanardi, Carlo [9 ]
Hallenbeck, Gregory [10 ]
Hess, Kelley M. [3 ,4 ]
Hoffman, G. Lyle [11 ]
Huang, Shan [1 ]
Jones, Michael G. [12 ]
Koopmann, Rebecca A. [13 ]
Kornreich, David A. [1 ]
Leisman, Lukas [14 ]
Miller, Jeffrey [15 ]
Moorman, Crystal [16 ]
O'Connor, Jessica [17 ]
O'Donoghue, Aileen [15 ]
Papastergis, Emmanouil [18 ]
Troischt, Parker [19 ]
Stark, David [20 ]
Xiao, Li [21 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Cornell Ctr Astrophys & Planetary Sci, Space Sci Bldg, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Natl Radio Astron Observ, 520 Edgemont Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22901 USA
[3] ASTRON, Netherlands Inst Radio Astron, Postbus 2, NL-7900 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands
[4] Univ Groningen, Kapteyn Astron Inst, Landleven 12, NL-9747 AD Groningen, Netherlands
[5] Colgate Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Hamilton, NY 13346 USA
[6] West Texas A& M Univ, Dept Chem & Phys, 2403 Russell Long Blvd, Canyon, TX 79015 USA
[7] Langley High Sch, 6520 Georgetown Pike, Mclean, VA 22101 USA
[8] Siena Coll, Dept Phys, Loudonville, NY 12211 USA
[9] Osserv Astrofis Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[10] Washington & Jefferson Coll, Dept Comp & Informat Studies, 60 S Lincoln St, Washington, PA 15301 USA
[11] Lafayette Coll, Dept Phys, Hugel Sci Ctr, Easton, PA 18042 USA
[12] CSIC, Inst Astrofis Andalucia, Glorieta Astron S-N, E-18008 Granada, Spain
[13] Union Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308 USA
[14] Valparaiso Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Neils Sci Ctr, 1610 Campus Dr East, Valparaiso, IN 46383 USA
[15] St Lawrence Univ, 23 Romoda Dr, Canton, NY 13617 USA
[16] Lynchburg Coll, Dept Phys, 1501 Lakeside Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24501 USA
[17] George Mason Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 4400 Univ Dr,MSN 3F3, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[18] Coperat Rabobank UA, Credit Risk Modeling Dept, NL-3521 CB Utrecht, Netherlands
[19] Hartwick Coll, Dept Phys, Oneonta, NY 13820 USA
[20] Univ Tokyo, Inst Adv Study, Kavli Inst Phys & Math Univ WPI, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778583, Japan
[21] Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, 20A Datun Rd, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
catalogs; galaxies: distances and redshifts; methods: data analysis; radio lines: galaxies; surveys techniques: imaging spectroscopy; I MASS FUNCTION; TULLY-FISHER RELATION; VIRGO CLUSTER REGION; EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES; ALL-SKY SURVEY; STAR-FORMATION; NEUTRAL HYDROGEN; NEARBY GALAXIES; DATA STACKING; SC GALAXIES;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4357/aac956
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the catalog of similar to 31,500 extragalactic H I line sources detected by the completed Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) survey out to z < 0.06, including both high signal-to-noise ratio (>6.5) detections and ones of lower quality that coincide in both position and recessional velocity with galaxies of known redshift. We review the observing technique, data reduction pipeline, and catalog construction process, focusing on details of particular relevance to understanding the catalog's compiled parameters. We further describe and make available the digital H I line spectra associated with the cataloged sources. In addition to the extragalactic H I line detections, we report nine confirmed OH megamasers (OHMs) and 10 OHM candidates at 0.16 z < 0.22 whose OH line signals are redshifted into the ALFALFA frequency band. Because of complexities in data collection and processing associated with the use of a feed-horn array on a complex single-dish antenna in the terrestrial radio frequency interference environment, we also present a list of suggestions and caveats for consideration by users of the ALFALFA extragalactic catalog for future scientific investigations.
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