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THE SMALL SCATTER OF THE BARYONIC TULLY–FISHER RELATION
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In a Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) cosmology, the baryonic Tully–Fisher relation (BTFR) is expected to show significant intrinsic scatter resulting from the mass–concentration relation of dark matter halos and the baryonic-to-halo mass ratio. We study the BTFR using a sample of 118 disk galaxies (spirals and irregulars) with data of the highest quality: extended rotation curves (tracing the outer velocity) and Spitzer photometry at 3.6 μ m (tracing the stellar mass). Assuming that the stellar mass-to-light ratio ( ) is nearly constant at 3.6 μ m, we find that the scatter, slope, and normalization of the BTFR systematically vary with the adopted . The observed scatter is minimized for , corresponding to nearly maximal disks in high-surface-brightness galaxies and BTFR slopes close to ∼4. For any reasonable value of , the intrinsic scatter is ∼0.1 dex, below general ΛCDM expectations. The residuals show no correlations with galaxy structural parameters (radius or surface brightness), contrary to the predictions from some semi-analytic models of galaxy formation. These are fundamental issues for ΛCDM cosmology.
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- Lelli, F., McGaugh, S. S., & Schombert, J. M.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 2016-01-01
- Volume
- 816
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- L14
- ISSN
- 2041-8205 (ISSN-L)
- 2041-8213
- OpenAlex
- W2208735541
- Cited by
- 286
- References
- 38
- FWCI
- 13.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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