Photospheric Properties of L and T Dwarfs

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Jun 2003

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Brown Dwarfs, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #211, held 20-24 May 2002 at University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Edited by Eduard

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The photospheric spectra of all L and T dwarfs contain strong molecular bands and alkali absorption features, and those of L and early T dwarfs are also affected by dust. Although work on atmospheric models is addressing the treatment of dust, and is increasing the completeness of molecular opacity linelists, the effective temperatures of L and T dwarfs cannot be derived confidently from the modelled spectral energy distributions. However, because the radii of brown dwarfs older than 0.1 Gyr vary little with mass, measurements of intrinsic luminosity (i.e. total integrated flux and parallax) accurately determine effective temperature. Using this method we find a well constrained relationship between the effective temperatures of L and T dwarfs and spectral type, but with temperature nearly constant from L7 to T4. More work is required to determine the uniqueness of this relationship and to constrain the masses and ages of brown dwarfs.

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