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已知最冷棕矮星的视差测量

A New Parallax Measurement for the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf

K. L. Luhman, T. L. Esplin

摘要:

WISE J085510.83-071442.5最近被发现是已知最冷的褐矮星,基于宽视场红外巡天探测器和斯皮策太空望远镜的四个时代的图像。我们通过获得两个额外的斯皮策天体测量时期来提高其视差测量的精度。我们得出的视差距离为2.31+/-0.08 pc,与WISE J104915.57-531906.1 AB(2.02+/-0.02 pc)和Wolf 359(2.386+/-0.012 pc)相比,它仍然是第四个离太阳最近的已知系统。在4.5 μ m的绝对星等上的新约束表明,基于四组理论模型的有效温度为235-260 K。我们还在两个颜色-星等图中显示了WISE J085510.83-071442.5的更新位置。虽然Faherty和同事引用了它在MW 2和J-W2中的位置作为水云的证据,但我们发现这些数据可以用采用非平衡化学的无云模型来解释。

英文摘要:

WISE J085510.83-071442.5 was recently discovered as the coldest known brown dwarf based on four epochs of images from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and the Spitzer Space Telescope. We have improved the accuracy of its parallax measurement by obtaining two additional epochs of Spitzer astrometry. We derive a parallactic distance of 2.31+/-0.08 pc, which continues to support its rank as the fourth closest known system to the Sun when compared to WISE J104915.57-531906.1 AB (2.02+/-0.02 pc) and Wolf 359 (2.386+/-0.012 pc). The new constraint on the absolute magnitude at 4.5um indicates an effective temperature of 235-260 K based on four sets of theoretical models. We also show the updated positions of WISE J085510.83-071442.5 in two color-magnitude diagrams. Whereas Faherty and coworkers cited its location in MW2 versus J-W2 as evidence of water clouds, we find that those data can be explained instead by cloudless models that employ non-equilibrium chemistry.

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