Discovery of a Bipolar Outflow from 2MASSW J1207334-393254, A 24 Jupiter Mass Brown Dwarf

Details Discovery of a Bipolar Outflow from 2MASSW J1207334-393254, A 24 Jupiter Mass Brown Dwarf Discovery of a Bipolar Outflow from 2MASSW J1207334-393254, A 24 Jupiter Mass Brown Dwarf

2007-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703112v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/516734

The 24 M Jupiter mass brown dwarf 2MASS1207-3932 has for some time been known to show clear signs of classical T Tauri-like accretion. Through analysis of its oxygen forbidden emission we have discovered that it is driving a bipolar outflow. Blue and red-shifted components to the [OI] 6300 forbidden emission line are seen at velocities of - 8 km/s and +4 km/s. Spectro-astrometry recovers the position of both components relative to the BD, at ~ 0.08 arcseconds(in opposing directions). A position velocity diagram of the line region supports the spectro-astrometric results. The H-alpha and HeI 6678 lines were also analysed. These line regions are not offset with respect to the continuum ruling out the presence of spectro-astrometric artifacts and underlining the validity of the [OI] 6300 results. The low radial velocity of the outflow, and relatively large offsets, are consistent with 2MASS1207-3932 having a near edge-on disk, as proposed by Scholz et al. 2MASS1207-3932 is now the smallest mass galactic object known to drive an outflow. The age of the TW Hydrae Association (~ 8 Myr) also makes this one of the oldest objects with a resolved jet. This discovery not only highlights the robustness of the outflow mechanism over an enormous range of masses but also suggests that it may even be feasible for young giant planets with accretion disks to drive outflows.

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