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Paper: A Simple Theoretical Basis for the Tully-Fisher Relation
Volume: 165, The Third Stromlo Symposium: The Galactic Halo
Page: 341
Authors: Lin, Qing; Shu, Chenggang; Zhao, Junliang
Abstract: In the present study, based on the disk galaxy formation model developed by Mo, Mao & White (1998), we establish a simple model in which the satr formation process is self-regulated, to analyze a parallel Tully-Fisher relation in which the luminosities for spirals are considered to be proportional to their disk star formation rate instead of the mass-to-light ratio. It is found that the theoretical Tully-Fisher relation has a power index of 3.0, close to the observed result.
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