The Tully-Fisher relation of COLD GASS galaxies
We present the stellar mass (M*) and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) absolute Band 1 magnitude (MW1) Tully-Fisher relations (TFRs) of subsets of galaxies from the CO Legacy Database for the Galex Arecibo SDSS Survey (COLD GASS). We examine the benefits and drawbacks of several commonly us...
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| author | Bureau, M Tiley, A Saintonge, A Topal, S Davis, T Torii, K |
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| description | We present the stellar mass (M*) and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) absolute Band 1 magnitude (MW1) Tully-Fisher relations (TFRs) of subsets of galaxies from the CO Legacy Database for the Galex Arecibo SDSS Survey (COLD GASS). We examine the benefits and drawbacks of several commonly used fitting functions in the context of measuring CO(1-0) line widths (and thus rotation velocities), favouring the Gaussian Double Peak function. We find the MW1 and M* TFR, for a carefully selected sub-sample, to be MW1 = (-7.1 ± 0.6) [log(W50/sin i / km s^-1) - 23.83 ± 0.09 and log (M*/M⊙) = (3.3 ± 0.3) [log(W50/sin i / km s^-1) -2.58] + 10:51 ± 0.04, respectively, where W50 is the width of a galaxy's CO(1-0) integrated profile at 50% of its maximum and the inclination i is derived from the galaxy axial ratio measured on the SDSS r-band image. We find no evidence for any significant offset between the TFRs of COLD GASS galaxies and those of comparison samples of similar redshifts and morphologies. The slope of the COLD GASS M* TFR agrees with the relation of Pizagno et al. (2005). However, we measure a comparitively shallower slope for the COLD GASS MW1 TFR as compared to the relation of Tully and Pierce (2000). We attribute this to the fact that the COLD GASS sample comprises galaxies of various (late-type) morphologies. Nevertheless, our work provides a robust reference point with which to compare future CO TFR studies. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a0638157-653f-4995-aba1-997853b451272022-03-27T02:05:06ZThe Tully-Fisher relation of COLD GASS galaxiesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a0638157-653f-4995-aba1-997853b45127EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2016Bureau, MTiley, ASaintonge, ATopal, SDavis, TTorii, KWe present the stellar mass (M*) and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) absolute Band 1 magnitude (MW1) Tully-Fisher relations (TFRs) of subsets of galaxies from the CO Legacy Database for the Galex Arecibo SDSS Survey (COLD GASS). We examine the benefits and drawbacks of several commonly used fitting functions in the context of measuring CO(1-0) line widths (and thus rotation velocities), favouring the Gaussian Double Peak function. We find the MW1 and M* TFR, for a carefully selected sub-sample, to be MW1 = (-7.1 ± 0.6) [log(W50/sin i / km s^-1) - 23.83 ± 0.09 and log (M*/M⊙) = (3.3 ± 0.3) [log(W50/sin i / km s^-1) -2.58] + 10:51 ± 0.04, respectively, where W50 is the width of a galaxy's CO(1-0) integrated profile at 50% of its maximum and the inclination i is derived from the galaxy axial ratio measured on the SDSS r-band image. We find no evidence for any significant offset between the TFRs of COLD GASS galaxies and those of comparison samples of similar redshifts and morphologies. The slope of the COLD GASS M* TFR agrees with the relation of Pizagno et al. (2005). However, we measure a comparitively shallower slope for the COLD GASS MW1 TFR as compared to the relation of Tully and Pierce (2000). We attribute this to the fact that the COLD GASS sample comprises galaxies of various (late-type) morphologies. Nevertheless, our work provides a robust reference point with which to compare future CO TFR studies. |
| spellingShingle | Bureau, M Tiley, A Saintonge, A Topal, S Davis, T Torii, K The Tully-Fisher relation of COLD GASS galaxies |
| title | The Tully-Fisher relation of COLD GASS galaxies |
| title_full | The Tully-Fisher relation of COLD GASS galaxies |
| title_fullStr | The Tully-Fisher relation of COLD GASS galaxies |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Tully-Fisher relation of COLD GASS galaxies |
| title_short | The Tully-Fisher relation of COLD GASS galaxies |
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