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rho Oph云核中的一个年轻行星质量物体

A Young Planetary-Mass Object in the rho Oph Cloud Core

Kenneth A. Marsh, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Peter Plavchan

摘要:

我们报告发现一个年轻的行星质量的褐矮星的rho Oph云核心。借助凯克一号望远镜上的NIRC仪器获得的1.5-2.4微米低分辨率光谱,该物体被确定为该物体。根据COND模型,观测到的光谱与红化(Av ~ 15-16)棕矮星相一致,其有效温度在1200-1800 K之间。假设年龄为100万年,与等时线的比较进一步将温度限制在~ 1400 K,并建议质量为~ 2-3木星质量。推断的温度是暗示的早期T光谱类型,这是支持光谱形态与弱甲烷吸收一致。根据其推断的距离(~ 100 pc)和存在的叠加视觉吸收,它很可能是一个rho Oph星团成员。此外,考虑到估计的光谱类型,它可能是迄今为止发现的最年轻和质量最小的T矮星。它的存在表明rho Oph恒星形成区域的初始质量函数可以很好地扩展到行星质量区域。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of a young planetary-mass brown dwarf in the rho Oph cloud core. The object was identified as such with the aid of a 1.5-2.4 micron low-resolution spectrum obtained using the NIRC instrument on the Keck I telescope. Based on the COND model, the observed spectrum is consistent with a reddened (Av ~ 15-16) brown dwarf whose effective temperature is in the range 1200-1800 K. For an assumed age of 1 Myr, comparison with isochrones further constrains the temperature to ~ 1400 K and suggests a mass of ~ 2-3 Jupiter masses. The inferred temperature is suggestive of an early T spectral type, which is supported by spectral morphology consistent with weak methane absorption. Based on its inferred distance (~ 100 pc) and the presence of overlying visual absorption, it is very likely to be a rho Oph cluster member. In addition, given the estimated spectral type, it may be the youngest and least massive T dwarf found so far. Its existence suggests that the initial mass function for the rho Oph star-forming region extends well into the planetary-mass regime.

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