L-Band Photometry of L and T Dwarfs

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2001-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106443v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Paper to be published in ApJL, 15 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/322938

We present K- and L-band photometry obtained with the Keck I telescope for a representative sample of L and T dwarfs. These observations were motivated in part by the dominant role water and methane play in shaping the flux near 2 and 3 microns and by the potential use of these bands as indicators of spectral class in the infrared. In addition, these observations aid the determination of the bolometric luminosity of L and T dwarfs. Here we report the K, L' and Ls magnitudes of our objects and the trends observed in the (K-L') and (K-Ls) colors as a function of L- and T-dwarf spectral class. We compare these colors with theoretical models, derive a relationship between effective temperature and L-spectral class, and compare our temperature estimates with others.

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