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穿过L矮星/T矮星过渡的云、增亮和多重性

Clouds, Brightening and Multiplicity Across the L Dwarf/T Dwarf Transition

Adam J. Burgasser

摘要:

在两个最低光度的褐矮星光谱类别--L矮星和T矮星--之间的过渡,几乎所有的褐矮星都会随着时间的推移而冷却。然而,这种转变的独特特征,如“J-波段颠簸”和异常高的多重性,仍然是悬而未决的问题,尽管有证据表明凝析云演化是一个关键组成部分。使用Monte Carlo人口模拟,结合未解决的褐矮星在星等有限的样本的经验光谱特性,我证明了J-带凸点和增强的多重性自然出现从一个短的时间尺度的光球云消散。这个时间尺度可能有助于限制未来探索云消散过程的演化模型。

英文摘要:

The transition between the two lowest-luminosity spectral classes of brown dwarfs--the L dwarfs and T dwarfs--is traversed by nearly all brown dwarfs as they cool over time. Yet distinct features of this transition, such as the "J-band bump" and an unusually high rate of multiplicity, remain outstanding problems, although evidence points to condensate cloud evolution as a critical component. Using a Monte Carlo population simulation that incorporates the empirical spectral properties of unresolved brown dwarfs in magnitude-limited samples, I demonstrate that the J-band bump and enhanced multiplicity naturally emerge from a short timescale of photospheric cloud dissipation. This timescale may help constrain future evolutionary models exploring the cloud dissipation process.

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