We start with

Z  
s
18 km
N(HI) = 1.821 · 10 T dv . (1)
km cm2 K line s

The total mass of the galaxy with projected surface dS in solar mass units can
be obtained by Z
M [M ] = mH [M ] N(HI)dS. (2)
S

Since dS equals d dω and the integral should be dimensionless, the units of d2

2

are cm2 . Using the already mentioned substitutions, we find:

Z Z  
18 s 2 2 km
M [M ] = mH [M ] · 1.821 · 10 d [cm ] T dv dω (3)
km cm2 K ω line s

with ω the total solid angle. Using the Rayleigh-Jeans approximation for the
specific intensity and the relation between the specific intensity and the mean
flux, the expression becomes:

c2
Z  Z  
s km Jy
M [M ] = mH [M ]·1.821·1018 d 2
[cm 2
] dv dFν ·10−23
km cm2 K line s ω 2ν 2k sr
(4)
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where we used that 1 Jy equals 10−23 and where k and c are expressed
s Hz cm2
in CGS units.
We also know that
v − v0 ν − νlu
= , (5)
c νlu
or equivalently that  
v − v0
+ 1 νlu = ν. (6)
c
The first term between brackets is smaller than one in a cold medium (non-
relativistic velocities). This means that ν ≈ νlu . Since the speed of light over
frequency equals the wavelength in CGS (21.11 cm), we only need to express
the mass of an hydrogen atom in solar mass units (mH [M ]= 8.41 · 10−58 M )
and to know how many centimeters fit in a Mpc (1Mpc = 3.086 · 1024 cm).
Combining all this, the expression simplifies to:

10−23
Z  

2 2 km
M [M ] = 8.41·10−58 ·1.821·1018 d2 [Mpc] 3.086 · 1024 (21.11) ·0.5 dv Fν [Jy]
1.38 · 10−16 line s
(7)
or
cm2 s2 Hz
Z  
km
M [M ] = 2.354 · 105 d2 [Mpc] 2 dv Fν [Jy] . (8)
erg km Mpc line s