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在2微米全天巡天中发现11颗新的T矮星,包括一颗可能的L/T过渡双星

Discovery of 11 New T Dwarfs in the Two Micron All-Sky Survey, Including a Possible L/T Transition Binary

Dagny L. Looper, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Adam J. Burgasser

摘要:

我们提出了11个新的T型矮星的发现,发现在2 MASS点源目录中的中晚期T型矮星的光度测量过程中,从自行选择的样本中的超冷矮星在2 MASS工作数据库。使用NASA红外望远镜设施SpeX摄谱仪,我们获得了低分辨率(R~150)光谱,使我们能够推导出T2-T8的近红外光谱类型。其中一个新的T矮星,2 MASS J13243559+6358284,也是由Metchev等人独立发现的,这个天体在光谱学上是特殊的,可能是一个双星和/或非常年轻(<3亿年)。我们特别尝试将这个源的光谱建模为复合双星,以再现其特有的光谱特征。我们样本中最新类型的天体是T8矮星,2 MASS J 07290002 -3954043,现在是已知的四个最新类型的T矮星之一。所有11颗T矮星都在附近,如果是单个的话,1颗T矮星在10 pc以内,另外8颗T矮星在25 pc以内。这些新增加的T矮星的25 pc普查增加了~ 14%。它们的接近提供了一个很好的机会来探测距离更近的伴星,而不是更遥远的T矮星。

英文摘要:

We present the discovery of 11 new T dwarfs, found during the course of a photometric survey for mid-to-late T dwarfs in the 2MASS Point Source Catalog and from a proper motion selected sample of ultracool dwarfs in the 2MASS Working Database. Using the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility SpeX spectrograph, we obtained low-resolution (R~150) spectroscopy, allowing us to derive near-infrared spectral types of T2-T8. One of these new T dwarfs, 2MASS J13243559+6358284, was also discovered independently by Metchev et al., in prep. This object is spectroscopically peculiar and possibly a binary and/or very young (<300 Myr). We specifically attempted to model the spectrum of this source as a composite binary to reproduce its peculiar spectral characteristics. The latest-type object in our sample is a T8 dwarf, 2MASS J07290002-3954043, now one of the four latest-type T dwarfs known. All 11 T dwarfs are nearby given their spectrophotometric distance estimates, with 1 T dwarf within 10 pc and 8 additional T dwarfs within 25 pc, if single. These new additions increase the 25 pc census of T dwarfs by ~14%. Their proximity offers an excellent opportunity to probe for companions at closer separations than are possible for more distant T dwarfs.

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