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棕矮星的相关光谱变率

Correlated spectral variability in brown dwarfs

C. A. L. Bailer-Jones

摘要:

褐矮星大气的模型表明它们表现出复杂的物理行为。观测表明,它们确实是动态的,在数小时的时间尺度上显示出微小的光度变化。在这里,我报告的结果红外(0.95-1.64微米)分光光度监测四个领域的L和T矮星跨越时间尺度为0.1-5.5小时,目标是了解更多关于这种变化的物理性质。光谱分析的差异,同时观察到的参考源,以消除地球大气层的变化。检测到的变化幅度通常为2- 10%,取决于光源和波长。我分析了光谱指数之间相关变化的数据。这种方法比单频带或chisq分析更稳健,因为它不假设(通常不确定的)噪声电平的幅度(尽管显著性检验仍然假设噪声功率谱的形状)。四个目标中的三个显示出相关变异的显著证据。其中一些可能与特定的功能,包括铁,FeH,VO和KI,并有很好的证据,内在的变化,在水,也可能是甲烷。然而,其中一些变化涵盖了更广泛的光谱范围,这将是一致的尘埃不透明度的变化。潜在的共同原因是对流引起的局部温度或成分波动。通过观察高信噪比的叠加光谱,我们看到了许多以前确定的L和T矮星的光谱特征,如KI,NaI,FeH,水和甲烷。特别地,我们可能已经在L5矮SDSS 0539-0059中检测到1.3-1.4微米处的甲烷吸收。

英文摘要:

Models of brown dwarf atmospheres suggest they exhibit complex physical behaviour. Observations have shown that they are indeed dynamic, displaying small photometric variations over timescales of hours. Here I report results of infrared (0.95-1.64 micron) spectrophotometric monitoring of four field L and T dwarfs spanning timescales of 0.1-5.5 hrs, the goal being to learn more about the physical nature of this variability. Spectra are analysed differentially with respect to a simultaneously observed reference source in order to remove Earth-atmospheric variations. The variability amplitude detected is typically 2-10%, depending on the source and wavelength. I analyse the data for correlated variations between spectral indices. This approach is more robust than single band or chisq analyses, because it does not assume an amplitude for the (often uncertain) noise level (although the significance test still assumes a shape for the noise power spectrum). Three of the four targets show significant evidence for correlated variability. Some of this can be associated with specific features including Fe, FeH, VO and KI, and there is good evidence for intrinsic variability in water and possibly also methan. Yet some of this variability covers a broader spectral range which would be consistent with dust opacity variations. The underlying common cause is plausibly localized temperature or composition fluctuations caused by convection. Looking at the high signal-to-noise ratio stacked spectra we see many previously identified spectral features of L and T dwarfs, such as KI, NaI, FeH, water and methane. In particular we may have detected methane absorption at 1.3-1.4 micron in the L5 dwarf SDSS 0539-0059.

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