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 »
- Authors:
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 (Australia)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), Redfern, NSW (Australia)
- Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX (United Kingdom)
- 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}
}