A First Attempt to Calibrate the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation with Gas Dominated Galaxies

Abstract

We calibrate the Baryonic Tully-Fisher (BTF) Relation using a sample of gas dominated galaxies. These determine the absolute scale of the baryonic mass--rotation speed relation independent of the choice of stellar mass estimator. We find a BTF slope of 3.94 +/- 0.07 (random) +/- 0.08 (systematic) and a zero point of 1.79 +/- 0.26 (random) +/- 0.25 (systematic). We apply this relation to estimate the stellar masses of star dominated galaxies. This procedure reproduces the trend of mass-to-light ratio with color predicted by population synthesis models. The normalization is also correct, consistent with empirical estimates of the IMF used in such models.

Published in Astronomical Journal. Contains corrected versions of tables 3-5

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