Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aas...199.6106m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 199th AAS Meeting, #61.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.1398
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
The major goal of the NIRSPEC Brown Dwarf Spectroscopic Survey (BDSS - McLean et al. 2000, ApJ, 533, L45) is to obtain a complete sample of low resolution (R 2000) spectra spanning the M, L, and T dwarf sub-classes in order to extend spectral classification schemes to near-infrared wavebands and to investigate the spectral signatures of temperature, gravity, and composition by comparison to theoretical models. Additional goals include the acquisition of higher resolution spectra (R 25,000) of a sub-sample of the survey for detailed comparison with models and to search for radial velocity variations. Our approach is to observe two objects per sub-class at J-band at low resolution, with one object per sub-class observed from 0.9-2.5 microns to produce a complete, flux-calibrated spectrum overlapping with previously obtained Keck LRIS data from 0.5-1.0 microns. Several of the brighter sources have also been observed at high resolution at J-band. To date, over 50 objects have been studied including 7 M dwarfs, 30 L dwarfs and 15 T dwarfs. Correlations of the strength of spectral features with spectral type are shown. We also report on the probable identification of weak methane features in the K-band spectra of L7 and L8 dwarfs.
Burgasser Adam
Kirkpatrick Joseph D.
McGovern Mark R.
McLean Ian S.
Prato Lisa
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