Effective Temperatures of late L dwarfs and the onset of Methane signatures

Details Effective Temperatures of late L dwarfs and the onset of Methane signatures Effective Temperatures of late L dwarfs and the onset of Methane signatures

2001-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0110316v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

accepted for publication in ApJ, 13 pages, AASTex5.0, 16 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/338035

We present a spectral analysis of a sample of late L dwarfs. We use our latest model atmospheres and synthetic spectra and optical and K band spectra to determine effective temperatures. We derive effective temperatures of 1400 K to 1700 K for L8 to L6 dwarfs. The analysis demonstrates that our recent models that rain out the formed dust completely are applicable to optical spectra of late L dwarfs and that more consistent models are needed for intermediate L dwarfs and for infrared spectra. We compare the results for the effective temperatures with the temperatures of the onset of Methane formation. Our models predict Methane absorption at 3.3micron to occur at about 400 K higher temperatures than Methane absorption at 2.2micron. This is consistent with our data and previous observations which show Methane absorption at 3.3micron but not at 2.2micron in late L dwarfs.

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