Revisiting the optical depth of spiral galaxies using the Tully-Fisher B relation

2008/10/27 by E. Kankare, M. Hanski, G. Theureau +1 · 3 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Computer science #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy formation and evolution #Galaxy rotation curve #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Physics #Relation (database) #Spiral (railway) #Spiral galaxy #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Tully–Fisher relation #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809892

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 493(1), 23-31 (EDP Sciences) · 9 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

arxiv created 2008/10/27 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We attempt to determine the optical depth of spiral galaxy disks by a statistical study of new Tully-Fisher data from the ongoing KLUN+ survey, and to clarify the difference between the true and apparent behavior of optical depth.

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