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Refereed Publications

Salter, C. J., Ghosh, T., Catinella, B., Lebron, M., Lerner, M. S., Minchin, R., & Momjian, E., 2008, AJ, 136, 389, "The Arecibo Arp 220 Spectral Census I: Discovery of the Pre-Biotic Molecule Methanimine and New Cm-wavelength Transitions of Other Molecules."
ADS bibcode: 2008AJ....136..389S
Cortese, L., Minchin, R. F., Auld, R. R., Davies, J. I., Catinella, B., Momjian, E., Rosenberg, J. L., Taylor, R., Gavazzi, G., O'Neil, K., Baes, M., Boselli, A., Bothun, G., Koribalski, B., Schneider, S., & van Driel, W., 2008, MNRAS, 323, 1519, "The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey: II. A HI view of the Abell cluster 1367 and its outskirts."
ADS bibcode: 2008MNRAS.383.1519C
Minchin, R., Davies, J., Disney, M., Grossi, M., Sabatin, S., Boyce, P., Garcia, D., Impey, C., Jordan, C., Lang, R., Marble, A., Roberts, S., & van Driel, W., 2007, ApJ, 670, 1056, "21-cm synthesis observations of VIRGOHI 21 - a possible dark galaxy in the Virgo Cluster"
ADS bibcode: 2007ApJ...670.1056M

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Grossi, M., Disney, M. J., Pritzl, B. J., Knezek, P. M., Gallagher, J. S., Minchin, R. F., & Freeman, K. C., 2007, MNRAS, 374, 107, "Star formation history and evolution of gas-rich dwarf galaxies in the Centaurs A group"
ADS bibcode: 2007MNRAS.374..107G
Wong, O. I. et al., 2006, MNRAS, 371, 1855, "The Northern HIPASS catalogue – Data presentation, completeness and reliability measures"
ADS bibcode: 2006MNRAS.371.1855W
Query catalogue at Aus-VO Skycat.
Auld, R. et al., 2006, MNRAS, 371, 1617, "The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey: Precursor Observations of the NGC 628 group"
ADS bibcode: 2006MNRAS.371.1617A
Davies, J. I., Disney, M. J., Minchin, R. F., Auld, R., & Smith, R., 2006, MNRAS, 368, 1479, "The existence and detection of optically dark galaxies by 21cm surveys"
ADS bibcode: 2006MNRAS.368.1479D
Giovanelli, R. et al., 2005, AJ, 130, 2598, "The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: I. Science Goals, Survey Design and Strategy"
ADS bibcode: 2005AJ....130.2598G
Van Driel, W., Davies, J., Minchin, R., Sabatini, S., Baes, M., Boyce, P., de Blok, E., Disney, M., Evans, R., Kilborn, V., Lang, R., Linder, S., Roberts, S., Smith, R., 2005, Baltic Astronomy, 14, 425, "Two Isolated HI Clouds in the Virgo Cluster?"
ADS bibcode: 2005BaltA..14..425V
Doyle, M. T. et al., 2005, MNRAS, 361, 35, "The HIPASS Catalogue – III. Optical counterparts & isolated dark galaxies"
ADS bibcode: 2005MNRAS.361...34D
Minchin, R., Davies, J., Disney, M., Boyce, P., Garcia, D., Jordan, C., Kilborn, V., Lang, R., Robert, S., Sabatini, S. & van Driel, W., 2005, ApJ, 622, L21, "A Dark Hydrogen Cloud in the Virgo Cluster"
ADS bibcode: 2005ApJ...622L..21M
Minchin, R. F., Disney, M. J., Parker, Q. A., Boyce, P. J., de Blok, W. J. G., Banks, G. D., Ekers, R. D., Freeman, K. C., Garcia, D. A., Gibson, B. K., Grossi, M., Haynes, R. F., Knezek, P. M., Lang, R. H., Malin, D. F., Price, R. M., Putman, M., Stewart, I. M. & Wright, A. E., 2004, MNRAS, 355, 1303, "The cosmological significance of low surface brightness galaxies found in a deep blind neutral hydrogen survey"
ADS bibcode: 2004MNRAS.355.1303M
Query catalogue at VizieR.
Linder, S. M., Minchin, R. F., Davies, J. I., Baes, M., Evans, Rh., Roberts, S., Sabatini, S., & Smith, R., 2004, MNRAS, 353, 201 "The HI detection of low column density clouds and galaxies"
ADS bibcode: 2004MNRAS.353..201L
Koribalski, B. S. et al., 2004, AJ, 128, 16, "The 1000 Brightest HIPASS Galaxies: HI Properties"
ADS bibcode: 2004AJ....128...16K
Query catalogue at VizieR.
Zwaan, M. A. et al., 2004, MNRAS, 350, 1210, "The HIPASS catalogue – II. Completeness, reliability and parameter accuracy"
ADS bibcode: 2004MNRAS.350.1210Z
Meyer, M. J. et al., 2004, MNRAS, 350, 1195, "The HIPASS catalogue – I. Data presentation"
ADS bibcode: 2004MNRAS.350.1195M
Query catalogue at VizieR or Aus-VO Skycat.
Davies, J., Minchin, R., Sabatini, S., van Driel, W., Baes, M., Boyce, P., de Blok, W. J. G., Disney, M., Evans, Rh., Kilborn, V., Lang, R., Linder, S., Roberts, S., & Smith, R. 2004, MNRAS, 349, 922, "A multibeam HI survey of the Virgo cluster - two isolated HI clouds?"
ADS bibcode: 2004MNRAS.349..922D
Minchin, R. F. et al., 2003, MNRAS, 346, 787, "HIDEEP - An extragalactic blind survey for very low column-density neutral hydrogen"
ADS bibcode: 2003MNRAS.346..787M
Query catalogue at VizieR.
Pritzl, B. J., Knezek, P. M., Gallagher, III, J. S., Grossi, M., Disney, M. J., Minchin, R. F., Freeman, K. C., Tolstoy, E., & Saha, A., 2003, ApJ, 596, L47, "Anomalous Evolution of the Dwarf Galaxy HIPASS J1321-31"
ADS bibcode: 2003ApJ...596L..47P
Lang, R. H., Boyce, P. J., Kilborn, V. A., Minchin, R. F., Disney, M. J., Jordan, C. A., Grossi, M., Garcia, D. A., Freeman, K. C., & Phillipps, S., 2003, MNRAS, 342, 738, "First results from the HI Jodrell All Sky Survey: inclination-dependent selection effects in a 21-cm blind survey"
ADS bibcode: 2003MNRAS.342..738L
Query catalogue at VizieR.
Zwaan, M. A. et al., 2003, AJ, 125, 2842, "The 1000 Brightest HIPASS Galaxies: The HI Mass Function and Ω_HI"
ADS bibcode: 2003AJ....125.2842Z
Waugh, M. et al., 2002, MNRAS, 337, 641, "The large scale distribution of neutral hydrogen in the Fornax region"
ADS bibcode: 2002MNRAS.337..641W
Query catalogue at VizieR.
Ryan-Weber, E. et al., 2002, AJ, 124, 1954, "The 1000 Brightest HIPASS Galaxies: Newly Cataloged Galaxies"
ADS bibcode: 2002AJ....124.1954R
Query catalogue at VizieR.
Kilborn, V. A. et al., 2002, AJ, 124, 690, "A Catalog of HI-Selected Galaxies from the South Celestial Cap Region of Sky"
ADS bibcode: 2002AJ....124..690K
Query catalogue at VizieR.
Putman, M. E. et al., 2002, AJ, 123, 873, "HIPASS High-Velocity Clouds: Properties of the Compact and Extended Populations"
ADS bibcode: 2002AJ....123..873P
Query catalogue at VizieR or Aus-VO Skycat.
Boyce, P. J., Minchin, R. F., Kilborn, V. A., Disney, M. J., Lang, R. H., Jordan, C. A., Grossi, M., Lyne, A. G., Cohen, R. J., Morison, I. M., & Phillipps, S., 2001, ApJ, 560, L127, "A Blind HI Survey of the M81 Group"
ADS bibcode: 2001ApJ...560L.127B
Ryder, S. D. et al., 2001, ApJ, 555, 232, "HIPASS Detection of an Intergalactic Gas Cloud in the NGC 2442 Group"
ADS bibcode: 2001ApJ...555..232R
Barnes, D. G. et al., 2001, MNRAS, 322, 486, "The HI Parkes All Sky Survey: southern observations, calibration and robust imaging"
ADS bibcode: 2001MNRAS.322..486B
Kilborn, V. A. et al., 2000, AJ, 120, 1342, "An Extragalactic HI Cloud with No Optical Counterpart?"
ADS bibcode: 2000AJ....120.1342K
Banks, G. D. et al., 1999, ApJ, 524, 612, "New Galaxies Discovered in the First Blind HI Survey of the Centaurus A Group"
ADS bibcode: 1999ApJ...524..612B
Minchin, R. F., 1999, PASA, 16, 12, "Finding the bivariate brightness distribution of galaxies from an HI selected sample"
ADS bibcode: 1999PASA...16...12M
Disney, M. J., Boyce, P. J., Banks, G. D., Minchin, R. F., & Wright, A. E., 1999, PASA, 16, 66, "Deep observations with the Parkes 21-cm multibeam system"
ADS bibcode: 1999PASA...16...66D

Unrefereed Publications

Conference Proceedings

Minchin, R. & Momjian, E. (eds.), 2008, AIP Conf. Proc. 1035, AIP, New York, "The Evolution of Galaxies through the Neutral Hydrogen Window", held at Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, 1-3 February, 2008.
ADS bibcode: 2008AIPC.1035.....M
AIP Proceedings Website
van Driel, W., Schneider, S. E., Lehnert, M., & Minchin, R., 2008, in "The Evolution of Galaxies through the Neutral Hydrogen Window", AIP Conf. Proc 1035, eds. R. Minchin & E. Momjian, AIP, New York, p. 256, "NIBLES: an H I census of local SDSS galaxies."
ADS bibcode: 2008AIPC.1035..256V
Henning, P. A., Springob, C. M., Day, F., Minchin, R., Momjian, E., Catinella, B., Muller, E., Koribalski, B., Masters, K., Pantoja, C., Putman, M., Rosenberg, J. L., Schneider, S., & Staveley-Smith, L., 2008, in "The Evolution of Galaxies through the Neutral Hydrogen Window", AIP Conf. Proc 1035, eds. R. Minchin & E. Momjian, AIP, New York, p. 246, "The ALFA Zone of Avoidance Survey"
ADS bibcode: 2008AIPC.1035..246H
Freudling, W., Catinella, B., Calabretta, M., Momjian, E., Zwaan, M., Linder, S., Minchin, R., O'Neil, K., & Staveley-Smith, L., 2008, in "The Evolution of Galaxies through the Neutral Hydrogen Window", AIP Conf. Proc 1035, eds. R. Minchin & E. Momjian, AIP, New York, p. 232, "The ALFA Ultra Deep Survey (AUDS)"
ADS bibcode: 2008AIPC.1035..242F
Minchin, R., Momjian, E., Davies, J., Cortese, L., & Auld, R., 2008, in "The Evolution of Galaxies through the Neutral Hydrogen Window", AIP Conf. Proc 1035, eds. R. Minchin & E. Momjian, AIP, New York, p. 235, "Investigating the effect of environment on neutral hydrogen content and morphology: the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey"
ADS bibcode: 2008AIPC.1035..235M
Wang, Z., Bush, S., McElroy, D., & Minchin, R., 2008, in "The Evolution of Galaxies through the Neutral Hydrogen Window", AIP Conf. Proc 1035, eds. R. Minchin & E. Momjian, AIP, New York, p. 211, "Infrared and Ultraviolet Observations of VIRGOHI 21 and NGC 4254's Outer Disk"
ADS bibcode: 2008AIPC.1035..211W
Minchin, R. F., Auld, R., Cortese, L., Davies, J. I., Momjian, E., Taylor, R., Catinella, B., Henning, P., Linder, S., Muller, E., O'Neil, K., Rosenberg, J., Sabatini, S., Schneider, S. E., Stage, M., & van Driel, W., for the AGES team, 2008, in "Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons", IAU Symp. 244, eds. J. Davies & M. Disney, CUP, Cambridge, p. 112, "The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey – Potential for finding Dark Galaxies and Results so far."
ADS bibcode: 2008IAUS..244..112M
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Cortese, L., Minchin, R. F., Auld, R. R., Davies, J. I., Catinella, B., Momjian, E., Rosenberg, J. L., Taylor, R., Gavazzi, G., & O'Neil, K., 2008, in "Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons", IAU Symp. 244, eds. J. Davies & M. Disney, CUP, Cambridge, p. 350, "AGES Observations of Abell 1367."
ADS bibcode: 2008IAUS..244..350C
Springob, C. M., Henning, P. A., Catinella, B., Day, F., Minchin, R., Momjian, E., Koribalski, B., Masters, K. L., Muller, E., Pantoja, C., Putman, M., Rosenberg, J. L., Schneider, S., & Staveley-Smith, L., 2008, in "Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons", IAU Symp. 244, eds. J. Davies & M. Disney, CUP, Cambridge, p. 383, "The ALFA Zone of Avoidance Survey: Results from the Precursor Observations."
ADS bibcode: 2008IAUS..244..383S
Taylor, R., Auld, R., Cortese, L., Davies, J., & Minchin, R., 2008, in "Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons", IAU Symp. 244, eds. J. Davies & M. Disney, CUP, Cambridge, p. 389, "Searching for Dark Galaxies: The AGES VC2 Region."
ADS bibcode: 2008IAUS..244..389T
Minchin, R., Disney, M. J., Davies, J. I., Marble, A. R., Impey, C. D., Boyce, P. J., Garcia, D. A., Grossi, M., Jordan, C. A., Lang, R. H., Roberts, S., Sabatini, S., & van Driel, W., 2007, in "Island Universes - Structure and Evolution of Disk Galaxies", Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, ed. Roelof S. de Jong, publ. Springer, Netherlands, p. 101, "A Dark Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster Imaged at 21-cm"
ADS bibcode: 2007iuse.book..101M
Minchin R. F., Auld R., Davies J. I., Catinella B., Cortese L., Momjian E., Henning P., Linder S., Muller E., O'Neil K., Sabatini S., Schneider S. E., Stage M. D., & van Driel W. for the AGES Team, 2006, IAU Symp. 235, 227, "The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey - Description and Early Results"
ADS bibcode: 2007IAUS..235..227M
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Cortese L., Minchin R. F., Auld R. R., Davies J. I., Catinella B., Momjian E., Rosenberg J. I., & O'Neil K. for the AGES Team, 2006, IAU Symp. 235, 196, "AGES observations of Abell 1367 and its outskirts."
ADS bibcode: 2007IAUS..235..196C
Grossi, M., Disney, M. J., Pritzl, B. J., Knezek, P. M., Gallagher, J. S., III, Minchin, R. F., Freeman, K. C., & Saha, A., 2004, in "Satellites and Tidal Streams", ASP conf. ser. 327, ed. F. Prada, D. Martinez-Delgado, & T. Mahoney, publ. ASP, San Francisco, p. 324, "Properties of three gas-rich dwarfs in the Centaurus A group"
ADS bibcode: 2004ASPC..327..324G
ArXiv ref: astro-ph/0309050
Disney, M. J. & Minchin, R. F., 2003, in "The IGM/Galaxy Connection", ed. J. Rosenberg & M. Putman, publ. Kluwer Academic, NL, p. 305, "Where has all the neutral hydrogen gone?"
ADS bibcode: 2003igcd.conf..305D
ArXiv ref: astro-ph/0211288
De Jong, R. S., Davies, R. L., Minchin, R. F., Lucey, J. R., & Steel, J., 1998 in "The central regions of the Galaxy and galaxies", IAU Symp. 184, ed. Y. Sofue, Publ. Kluwer, p. 385, "Cores or cusps in elliptical galaxies: luminosity or environment?"
ADS bibcode: 1998IAUS..184..385D
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Other Publications

MInchin, R. F., 2008, ATOMS 2008-01, "The Handedness of Stokes V for the WAPPs at C-Band."
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Minchin, R. F. et al., 2007, white paper for "Frontiers of Astronomy with the World's Largest Radio Telescope", September 12-13, 2007, Washington, D. C., "Molecular Line Surveys with Arecibo."
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Minchin, R. F., 2006, ALFA Memo Series, "Calibration of ALFA data in LiveData."
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Minchin, R. F., 2004, ALFA Memo Series, "Parallactic angle and optimum ALFA rotation for drift scanning."
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Minchin, R. F.

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Minchin, R. F., 1997, MSci Dissertation, University of Durham, "The cores of galaxies in the Coma cluster"
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Conference Presentations

Minchin, R. F. for the AGES team, 2007, IAU Symp. 244, "Uncovering Dark Galaxies with the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey."
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Minchin, R. F., 2007, IAU Symp. 244 discussion session, "VIRGOHI 21 - comparing observations and models."
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Minchin, R. F., Momjian, E., Cortese, L., O'Neil, K. L., Henning, P. A.,& Davies, J. I. for the AGES Team, 2007, AAS Meeting 210, "Neutral Hydrogen in the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey Volume behind NGC 7332."
ADS bibcode: 2007AAS...210.8102M
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Minchin, R. F., , Momjian E., Cortese L., O'Neil K. L., Henning P. A.,& Davies J. I. for the AGES Team, 2007, AAS Meeting 209, "A Neutral Hydrogen Survey of the NGC 7332 Region with the Arecibo L-band Feed Array"
ADS bibcode: 2006AAS..209.9503M
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Minchin R. F., Auld R., Davies J. I., Catinella B., Cortese L., Momjian E., Henning P., Linder S., Muller E., O'Neil K., Sabatini S., Schneider S. E., Stage M. D., & van Driel W. for the AGES Team, 2006, IAU Symp. 235, "The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey - Description and Early Results"
ADS bibcode: 2006IAUS..235E.284M
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Cortese L., Minchin R. F., Auld R. R., Davies J. I., Catinella B., Momjian E., Rosenberg J. I., & O'Neil K. for the AGES Team, 2006, IAU Symp. 235, "AGES observations of Abell 1367 and its outskirts."
ADS bibcode: 2006IAUS..235E.127C
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Springob, C. M., Henning, P. A., Catinella, B., Day, F., Minchin, R., Momjian, E., Koribalski, B., Masters, K. L., Muller, E., Pantoja, C., Putman, M., Rosenberg, J. L., Schneider, S., & Staveley-Smith, L., 2007, AAS Meeting 209, "The ALFA Zone of Avoidance Survey: Results from the Precursor Observations."
ADS bibcode: 2006AAS..209.9504S
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Minchin, R. F., Auld, R., Davies, J. I., Catinella, B., Linder, S., Momjian, E., Muller, E., Sabatini, S., Schneider, S. E., Stage, M. D., & van Driel, W. for the AGES Team, 2006, AAS Meeting 208, "First Results from the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey."
ADS bibcode: 2006AAS...208.5306M
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Minchin, R. F. for the E-ALFA Consortium, 2005, AAS Meeting 207, "AGES, AUDS, ALFALFA, ZOA -- Surveying the Extragalactic Sky from A to Z."
ADS bibcode: 2005AAS...20719202M
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Minchin, R. F., Davies, J. I., Disney, M. J., Marble, A. R., Impey, C. D., Boyce, P. J., Garcia, D. A., Grossi, M., Jordan, C. A., Lang, R. H., Roberts, S., Sabatini, S., & van Driel, W., 2005, AAS Meeting 207, "High resolution HI imaging of VIRGOHI 21 - a dark galaxy in the Virgo Cluster"
ADS bibcode: 2005AAS...20718813M
Haynes, M. P., Giovanelli, R., Kent, B. R., Saintonge, A., Stierwalt, S., Catinella, B., Momjian, E. M., Hoffman, G. L., Rosenberg, J. R., Brosch, N., Davies, J. I., & Minchin, R. F., 2005, AAS Meeting 207, "Complex Structure in the ALFALFA HI Distribution around VirgoHI21"
ADS bibcode: 2005AAS...20717923H
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Freudling, W., Staveley-Smith, L., Calabretta, M., Catinella, B., van Driel, W., Linder, S., Minchin, R., Momjian, E., & Zwaan, M. for the AUDS Team, 2005, AAS Meeting 207, "The ALFA Ultra Deep Survey (AUDS)"
ADS bibcode: 2005AAS...207.8808F
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Kilborn, V. A., Boyce, P. J., Disney, M. J., Garcia, D. A., Grossi, M., Jordan, C. A., Lang, R. H., & Minchin, R. F., 2003, IAU Symp. 216, "The Distribution of HI in the Northern Sky from HIJASS"
ADS bibcode: 2003IAUS..216E.209K
Kilborn, V. A., Boyce, P. J., Disney, M. J., Garcia, D. A., Grossi, M., Jordan, C. A., Lang, R. H., & Minchin, R. F., 2003, IAU Symp. 216, "HIJASS - the Northern Counterpart to HIPASS: Data Release #1"
ADS bibcode: 2003IAUS..216E..74K
Minchin, R., 2003, NAM, "HIDEEP - Probing the Low Column Density Universe" (Oral)
External Link: NAM 2003 Abstract List, Session 22
Minchin, R., 2003, NAM, "The properties of HI selected galaxies in HIPASS/HIJASS and SDSS"
External Link: NAM 2003 Abstract List, Session 22
Minchin, R. F., Disney, M. J., Boyce, P. J., Banks, G. D., de Blok, W. J. G. & Parker, Q. A. for the HIDEEP Team, 2002, BAAS, 34, 1313, "Properties of galaxies found in a deep multibeam survey for extragalactic neutral hydrogen: HIDEEP" (Oral)
ADS bibcode: 2002AAS...20112808M
Pritzl, B. J., Knezek, P. M., Grossi, M., Disney, M. J., Minchin, R. F., Gallagher, J. S., III, Freeman, K. C., Tolstoy, E., & Saha, A., 2002, BAAS, 34, 1293, "Star Formation Histories of Three Gas-Rich dIrrs in the Centaurus A Group of Galaxies"
ADS bibcode: 2002AAS...20111609P
West, A. A., Dalcanton, J. J., Disney, M. J., Garcia, D., & Minchin, R. F., 2002, BAAS, 34, 1191, "The Properties of Radio Selected Galaxies in HIPASS and SDSS"
ADS bibcode: 2002AAS...201.5203W