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场棕矮星的径向速度变化

Radial Velocity Variability of Field Brown Dwarfs

L. Prato, G. N. Mace, E. L. Rice, I. S. McLean, J. D. Kirkpatrick, A. J. Burgasser, S. S. Kim

摘要:

本文介绍了NIRSPEC棕矮星光谱巡天的第六次观测,分析了25个场矮星系统(3个晚型M矮星,16个L矮星,6个T矮星)的多历元高分辨率(R~20,000)光谱。M.凯克天文台。由于径向速度精度为~2 km/s,我们对轨道周期为几年或更短的褐矮星同伴敏感,质量比为0.5或更大。我们没有在样品中检测到任何光谱棕矮星。给定我们的目标属性,以及观测的频率和节奏,我们使用蒙特卡罗模拟来确定我们样本的检测概率。即使是零检测结果,我们对于非常低质量的二进制频率的1 sigma上限也是18%。我们的目标包括7个已知的宽棕矮星双星系统。在我们对这些系统的多历元观测中,没有测量到显著的径向速度变化,即使对于我们的数据跨越轨道周期的很大一部分的那些对也是如此。需要专门的技术来达到对极低质量系统的轨道运动敏感的高精度。对于8个对象,包括6个T矮星,我们提出了第一次公布的高分辨率光谱,许多具有高信噪比,这将提供有价值的比较数据模型的棕矮星大气。

英文摘要:

We present paper six of the NIRSPEC Brown Dwarf Spectroscopic Survey, an analysis of multi-epoch, high-resolution (R~20,000) spectra of 25 field dwarf systems (3 late-type M dwarfs, 16 L dwarfs, and 6 T dwarfs) taken with the NIRSPEC infrared spectrograph at the W. M. Keck Observatory. With a radial velocity precision of ~2 km/s, we are sensitive to brown dwarf companions in orbits with periods of a few years or less given a mass ratio of 0.5 or greater. We do not detect any spectroscopic binary brown dwarfs in the sample. Given our target properties, and the frequency and cadence of observations, we use a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the detection probability of our sample. Even with a null detection result, our 1 sigma upper limit for very low mass binary frequency is 18%. Our targets included 7 known, wide brown dwarf binary systems. No significant radial velocity variability was measured in our multi-epoch observations of these systems, even for those pairs for which our data spanned a significant fraction of the orbital period. Specialized techniques are required to reach the high precisions sensitive to motion in orbits of very low-mass systems. For eight objects, including six T dwarfs, we present the first published high-resolution spectra, many with high signal to noise, that will provide valuable comparison data for models of brown dwarf atmospheres.

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