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M4 + T8 .5二元系统的发现

The discovery of an M4+T8.5 binary system

Ben Burningham, D. J. Pinfield, S. K. Leggett, C. G. Tinney, M. C. Liu, D. Homeier, A. A. West, A. Day-Jones, N. Huelamo, T. J. Dupuy, Z. Zhang, D. N. Murray, N… 展开作者

Ben Burningham, D. J. Pinfield, S. K. Leggett, C. G. Tinney, M. C. Liu, D. Homeier, A. A. West, A. Day-Jones, N. Huelamo, T. J. Dupuy, Z. Zhang, D. N. Murray, N. Lodieu, D. Barrado y Navascues, S. Folkes, M. C. Galvez-Ortiz, H. R. A. Jones, P. W. Lucas, M. Morales Calderon, M. Tamura

摘要:

我们报告发现了一颗T8.5矮星,它是M4矮星狼940的伴侣。在12.50(+0.75,-0.67)pc的距离上,32角秒的角间距对应于400天文单位的投影间距。M4主星没有显示出H α发射,我们应用West等人的年龄-活动关系将系统的年龄下限定为3.5 Gyr。弱的Halpha吸收表明有一些残余活动,我们估计年龄上限为6 Gyr。我们应用Bonfils等人关于V-Ks和M_Ks的关系来确定金属丰度,Wolf~ 940 A的[Fe/H] = -0.06 +/-0.20,并且通过扩展Wolf 940 B的T8.5次级。我们已经获得了沃尔夫940 B的JHK近红外光谱和JHKL测光数据,并利用这些数据结合理论扩展确定了它的热辐射通量Fbol = 1.75 +/- 0.18 E-16 Wm^-2,因此它的光度log(L*/Lsun)= -6.07 +/- 0.04。利用系统的年龄限制和Baraffe等人的演化结构模型,我们确定Wolf 940 B的Teff = 570 +/-25 K和log g = 4.75-5.00,基于它的热光度。这是第一次确定这些性质的T8+矮星,不依赖于拟合的T-矮星光谱模型。这个对象代表了第一个包含T8+矮星的系统,其属性的基准约束是可用的,我们将其光谱与最新的非常酷的BT-Settl模型进行了比较。这清楚地表明,使用(W_J,K/J)谱比(先前用于约束Teff和log g)将高估Teff ~ 100 K。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of a T8.5 dwarf, which is a companion to the M4 dwarf Wolf 940. At a distance of 12.50 (+0.75,-0.67) pc, the angular separation of 32arcsec corresponds to a projected separation of 400 AU. The M4 primary displays no Halpha emission, and we apply the age-activity relations of West et al. to place a lower limit on the age of the system of 3.5 Gyr. Weak Halpha absorption suggests some residual activity and we estimate an upper age limit of 6 Gyr. We apply the relations of Bonfils et al for V-Ks and M_Ks to determine the metallicity, [Fe/H] = -0.06 +/- 0.20 for Wolf~940A, and by extension the T8.5 secondary, Wolf 940B. We have obtained JHK NIRI spectroscopy and JHKL' photometry of Wolf 940B, and use these data, in combination with theoretical extensions, to determine its bolometric flux, Fbol = 1.75 +/- 0.18 E-16 Wm^-2 and thus its luminosity log(L*/Lsun) = -6.07 +/- 0.04. Using the age constraints for the system, and evolutionary structural models of Baraffe et al. we determine Teff = 570 +/- 25K and log g = 4.75-5.00 for Wolf940B, based on its bolometric luminosity. This represents the first determination of these properties for a T8+ dwarf that does not rely on the fitting of T-dwarf spectral models. This object represents the first system containing a T8+ dwarf for which fiducial constraints on its properties are available, and we compare its spectra with those of the latest very cool BT-Settl models. This clearly demonstrates that the use of the (W_J,K/J) spectral ratios (used previously to constrain Teff and log g) would have over-estimated Teff by ~100K.

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