Physical parameters of two very cool T dwarfs

Details Physical parameters of two very cool T dwarfs Physical parameters of two very cool T dwarfs

2006-11-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611062v1

Astrophys.J.656:1136-1149,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in the Ap. J. 35 pages, including 12 figures (10 in color)

Scientific paper

10.1086/510557

We present new infrared spectra of the T8 brown dwarf 2MASS J04151954-0935066: 2.9-4.1 micron spectra obtained with the Infrared Camera and Spectrograph on the Subaru Telescope, and 5.2-14.5 micron spectra obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope. We use these data and models to determine an accurate bolometric luminosity of log L_bol/L_sun=-5.67 and to constrain the effective temperature, gravity, mass and age to 725-775K, log g=5.00-5.37, M=33-58 M_Jupiter and age=3-10Gyr. We perform the same analysis using published 0.6-15 micron spectra for the T7.5 dwarf 2MASS J12171110-0311131, for which we find a metal-rich composition ([Fe/H]~0.3) and log L_bol/L_sun=-5.31, T_eff=850-950K, log g=4.80-5.42, M=25-66M_Jupiter and age=1-10Gyr. These luminosities and effective temperatures straddle those determined with the same method and models for Gl 570D by Saumon et al. (2006) and make 2MASS J04151954-0935066 the coolest and least luminous T dwarf with well-determined properties. We find that synthetic spectra generated by the models reproduce the observed red through mid-infrared spectra of 2MASS J04151954-0935066 and 2MASS J12171110-0311131 very well, except for known discrepancies which are most likely due to the incomplete CH4 opacities. Both objects show evidence of departures from strict chemical equilibrium and we discuss this result in the context of other late T dwarfs where disequilibrium phenomena have been observed.

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