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一种低分辨近红外光谱表征极低质量伴子的新方法

A New Method for Characterizing Very-Low-Mass Companions with Low Resolution Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Emily L. Rice, Rebecca Oppenheimer, Neil Zimmerman, Lewis C. Roberts, Sasha Hinkley

摘要:

我们提出了一种新的和计算效率高的方法来表征非常低的质量同伴使用低分辨率($R\sim$ 30)近红外($YJH$)光谱从高对比度成像运动与积分场摄谱仪(IFS)的单位。我们进行了详细的定量比较,这种方法的有效性,通过测试模拟数据可比的光谱覆盖范围和分辨率,目前在世界各地运行的直接成像系统。特别是,我们模拟项目1640数据作为使用,准确性和精度的这种技术的一个例子。我们目前的结果比较模拟光谱的M,L和T矮星与一个大的和精细采样的网格的合成光谱,使用马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗技术。我们确定的有效温度和表面重力的精度和准确性推断适合凤凰尘埃和cond,我们发现重现低分辨率光谱内所采用的通量不确定性的所有对象。有效温度从M矮星的$\pm$ 100-500 K到某些L和T光谱型的小到$\pm$ 30 K。对于中L型到T型矮星,表面重力被限制在0.2-0.4 dex之间,但对于M型矮星,不确定性高达1.0 dex或更高。从低分辨率$YJH$光谱的有效温度的结果一般匹配的预测,从公布的光谱类型的温度关系,除了L-T过渡对象和年轻的对象。单波段光谱(即,较窄的波长覆盖范围)导致较大的不确定性和经常不一致的结果,这表明高对比度IFS观测活动可以通过扩大波长覆盖范围来补偿低光谱分辨率,以可靠地表征检测到的同伴。[摘要截短]

英文摘要:

We present a new and computationally efficient method for characterizing very low mass companions using low resolution ($R\sim$30) near-infrared ($YJH$) spectra from high contrast imaging campaigns with integral field spectrograph (IFS) units. We conduct a detailed quantitative comparison of the efficacy of this method through tests on simulated data comparable in spectral coverage and resolution to the currently operating direct imaging systems around the world. In particular, we simulate Project 1640 data as an example of the use, accuracy, and precision of this technique. We present results from comparing simulated spectra of M, L, and T dwarfs with a large and finely-sampled grid of synthetic spectra using Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques. We determine the precision and accuracy of effective temperature and surface gravity inferred from fits to PHOENIX dusty and cond, which we find reproduce the low-resolution spectra of all objects within the adopted flux uncertainties. Uncertainties in effective temperature decrease from $\pm$100-500 K for M dwarfs to as small as $\pm$30 K for some L and T spectral types. Surface gravity is constrained to within 0.2-0.4 dex for mid-L through T dwarfs, but uncertainties are as large as 1.0 dex or more for M dwarfs. Results for effective temperature from low-resolution $YJH$ spectra generally match predictions from published spectral type-temperature relationships except for L-T transition objects and young objects. Single-band spectra (i.e., narrower wavelength coverage) result in larger uncertainties and often discrepant results, suggesting that high contrast IFS observing campaigns can compensate for low spectral resolution by expanding the wavelength coverage for reliable characterization of detected companions. [Abstract truncated]

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