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Title: WISE TF: A MID-INFRARED, 3.4 {mu}m EXTENSION OF THE TULLY-FISHER RELATION USING WISE PHOTOMETRY

Abstract

We present a mid-infrared Tully-Fisher (TF) relation using photometry from the 3.4 {mu}m W1 band of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite. The WISE TF relation is formed from 568 galaxies taken from the all-sky 2MASS Tully-Fisher (2MTF) galaxy catalog, spanning a range of environments including field, group, and cluster galaxies. This constitutes the largest mid-infrared TF relation constructed to date. After applying a number of corrections to galaxy magnitudes and line widths, we measure a master TF relation given by M{sub corr} = -22.24 - 10.05[log (W{sub corr}) - 2.5], with an average dispersion of {sigma}{sub WISE} = 0.686 mag. There is some tension between WISE TF and a preliminary 3.6 {mu}m relation, which has a shallower slope and almost no intrinsic dispersion. However, our results agree well with a more recent relation constructed from a large sample of cluster galaxies. We additionally compare WISE TF to the near-infrared 2MTF template relations, finding a good agreement between the TF parameters and total dispersions of WISE TF and the 2MTF K-band template. This fact, coupled with typical galaxy colors of (K - W1) {approx} 0, suggests that these two bands are tracing similar stellar populations, including the older, centrally-locatedmore » stars in the galactic bulge which can (for galaxies with a prominent bulge) dominate the light profile.« less

Authors:
;  [1]; ; ;  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 (Australia)
  2. ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), Redfern, NSW (Australia)
  3. Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX (United Kingdom)
  4. CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710 (Australia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22140161
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 771; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; CATALOGS; COLOR; CORRECTIONS; DISPERSIONS; DISTANCE; GALAXIES; GALAXY CLUSTERS; INFRARED SURVEYS; LINE WIDTHS; PHOTOMETRY; SATELLITES; STARS

Citation Formats

Lagattuta, David J., Mould, Jeremy R., Staveley-Smith, Lister, Tao, Hong, Springob, Christopher M., Masters, Karen L., Koribalski, Baerbel S., and Jones, D. Heath, E-mail: dlagattu@astro.swin.edu.au. WISE TF: A MID-INFRARED, 3.4 {mu}m EXTENSION OF THE TULLY-FISHER RELATION USING WISE PHOTOMETRY. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/771/2/88.
Lagattuta, David J., Mould, Jeremy R., Staveley-Smith, Lister, Tao, Hong, Springob, Christopher M., Masters, Karen L., Koribalski, Baerbel S., & Jones, D. Heath, E-mail: dlagattu@astro.swin.edu.au. WISE TF: A MID-INFRARED, 3.4 {mu}m EXTENSION OF THE TULLY-FISHER RELATION USING WISE PHOTOMETRY. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/771/2/88
Lagattuta, David J., Mould, Jeremy R., Staveley-Smith, Lister, Tao, Hong, Springob, Christopher M., Masters, Karen L., Koribalski, Baerbel S., and Jones, D. Heath, E-mail: dlagattu@astro.swin.edu.au. 2013. "WISE TF: A MID-INFRARED, 3.4 {mu}m EXTENSION OF THE TULLY-FISHER RELATION USING WISE PHOTOMETRY". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/771/2/88.
@article{osti_22140161,
title = {WISE TF: A MID-INFRARED, 3.4 {mu}m EXTENSION OF THE TULLY-FISHER RELATION USING WISE PHOTOMETRY},
author = {Lagattuta, David J. and Mould, Jeremy R. and Staveley-Smith, Lister and Tao, Hong and Springob, Christopher M. and Masters, Karen L. and Koribalski, Baerbel S. and Jones, D. Heath, E-mail: dlagattu@astro.swin.edu.au},
abstractNote = {We present a mid-infrared Tully-Fisher (TF) relation using photometry from the 3.4 {mu}m W1 band of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite. The WISE TF relation is formed from 568 galaxies taken from the all-sky 2MASS Tully-Fisher (2MTF) galaxy catalog, spanning a range of environments including field, group, and cluster galaxies. This constitutes the largest mid-infrared TF relation constructed to date. After applying a number of corrections to galaxy magnitudes and line widths, we measure a master TF relation given by M{sub corr} = -22.24 - 10.05[log (W{sub corr}) - 2.5], with an average dispersion of {sigma}{sub WISE} = 0.686 mag. There is some tension between WISE TF and a preliminary 3.6 {mu}m relation, which has a shallower slope and almost no intrinsic dispersion. However, our results agree well with a more recent relation constructed from a large sample of cluster galaxies. We additionally compare WISE TF to the near-infrared 2MTF template relations, finding a good agreement between the TF parameters and total dispersions of WISE TF and the 2MTF K-band template. This fact, coupled with typical galaxy colors of (K - W1) {approx} 0, suggests that these two bands are tracing similar stellar populations, including the older, centrally-located stars in the galactic bulge which can (for galaxies with a prominent bulge) dominate the light profile.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/771/2/88},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22140161}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 2,
volume = 771,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Wed Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}