Spectroscopic Discovery of Brown Dwarf-like Secondary Stars in the Cataclysmic Variables LL And and EF Eri

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2001-01-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0101572v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 2 figures. Accepted in Astrophysical Journal Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/319499

Infrared spectroscopic observations of LL Andromedae and EF Eridani are presented. Our K band spectrum of LL Andromedae reveals the presence of methane absorption in the secondary star indicating an effective temperature less than 1300K, similar to a "T" type methane brown dwarf. The secondary star in EF Eridani is seen to be warmer with an effective temperature of ~1650K and a spectroscopic classification consistent with an L4-5 star. Both secondaries have theoretical mass estimates of 0.04-0.055 solar masses (40-55 Jupiter masses). Our IR spectroscopic observations of LL And and EF Eri provide the first direct proof of the theoretical prediction that post-period minimum cataclysmic variables contain brown dwarf-like secondary stars.

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