Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-12-11
ApJL 564, L89 (2002)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 1 figure, ApJL in press
Scientific paper
10.1086/339020
2MASSI J1315309-264951 is an L3 dwarf with strong H-alpha emission discovered in the course of a color-selected survey for active galactic nuclei using the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS). The strength of its H-alpha emission decreased by about a factor of two between two epochs separated by 137 days. This is the first time that variable H-alpha emission has been reported in an L dwarf, and is probably the first observation of an H-alpha flare in an L dwarf. The value of log(L_Halpha/L_bol)>-4.17 observed at the discovery epoch is larger than that of any other L dwarf but comparable to that of 2MASSI J1237392+652615, the only reported T dwarf with H-alpha emission. The observed variability indicates that the H-alpha emission of 2MASSI J1315309-264951 is powered either by magnetic fields or by accretion in a binary system. Spectroscopic or narrow-band H-alpha monitoring of L and T dwarfs on timescales of hours to days would be the most useful step toward a better understanding of their H-alpha emission mechanism(s).
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