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2 MASS和SDSS的交叉匹配:新发现的L矮星和T矮星以及T矮星空间密度的估计

A Cross-Match of 2MASS and SDSS: Newly-Found L and T Dwarfs and an Estimate of the Space Densitfy of T Dwarfs

Stanimir Metchev, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, G. Bruce Berriman, Dagny Looper

摘要:

我们报告新的L和T矮星中发现的交叉匹配的SDSS数据发布1和2 MASS。我们的同时搜索两个数据库有效地使我们能够放宽标准的对象检测在任何一个调查,并探讨合并后的数据库,以更大的完整性。除了SDSS DR 1足迹中已知的13个之外,我们还发现了两个新的T矮星。我们还确定了22个新的候选者和真正的L矮星,包括一个新的年轻的L2矮星和一个特殊的L2矮星与异常的蓝色近红外颜色:可能是温和的亚太阳金属丰度的结果。这些发现强调了同时数据库互相关搜索稀有对象的效用。我们的交叉匹配完成了联合SDSS和2 MASS通量限制内的T矮星普查到97%的水平。因此,我们能够准确地推断T矮星的空间密度。我们使用Monte Carlo工具模拟了SDSS DR 1 T矮星与2 MASS对应物的观测种群,发现T0-T8矮星系统的空间密度为0.0070(-0.0030; +0.0032)/立方秒差距(95%置信区间),即,大约每140立方秒差距一个。与依赖于亚恒星质量函数的各种假设的T矮星空间密度预测相比,这个结果与假设平坦的亚恒星质量函数dN/dM ~ M^0的模型最一致。在目前的交叉比对中没有发现>T8的矮星,尽管在有限的区域(2099平方英尺)中预计不到一个。SDSS DR 1的。

英文摘要:

We report new L and T dwarfs found in a cross-match of the SDSS Data Release 1 and 2MASS. Our simultaneous search of the two databases effectively allows us to relax the criteria for object detection in either survey and to explore the combined databases to a greater completeness level. We find two new T dwarfs in addition to the 13 already known in the SDSS DR1 footprint. We also identify 22 new candidate and bona-fide L dwarfs, including a new young L2 dwarf and a peculiar L2 dwarf with unusually blue near-IR colors: potentially the result of mildly sub-solar metallicity. These discoveries underscore the utility of simultaneous database cross-correlation in searching for rare objects. Our cross-match completes the census of T dwarfs within the joint SDSS and 2MASS flux limits to the 97% level. Hence, we are able to accurately infer the space density of T dwarfs. We employ Monte Carlo tools to simulate the observed population of SDSS DR1 T dwarfs with 2MASS counterparts and find that the space density of T0-T8 dwarf systems is 0.0070 (-0.0030; +0.0032) per cubic parsec (95% confidence interval), i.e., about one per 140 cubic parsecs. Compared to predictions for the T dwarf space density that depend on various assumptions for the sub-stellar mass function, this result is most consistent with models that assume a flat sub-stellar mass function dN/dM ~ M^0. No >T8 dwarfs were discovered in the present cross-match, though less than one was expected in the limited area (2099 sq. degrees) of SDSS DR1.

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