2009AJ....137.3455W

Recently, statistical correlations were found between near-infrared luminosities and ring sizes in field resonance-ringed galaxies. These correlations are proposed as a new class of tertiary distance indicators in the nearby universe (where redshifts ≲30, 000km/s). The most suitable application of the indicators will be to measure the Hubble constant. Detailed formulae are derived to evaluate distances to field ringed galaxies and H₀, as well as the error levels involved in using this method. Numerical simulations show that through the measurements of over a thousand nearby ringed galaxies the method can yield a value of H₀ with its root-mean-square random error within ~6% and systematic error most likely below ~10% (excluding the systematic error due to other indicators that are used to calibrate the correlations). Future such measurements should help to check the H₀values from conventional methods.