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红L0 - L6矮星大气中亚微米级尘埃颗粒的作用

Exploring the Role of Sub-micron Sized Dust Grains in the Atmospheres of Red L0 - L6 Dwarfs

Kay Hiranaka, Kelle L. Cruz, Stephanie T. Douglas, Mark S. Marley, Vivienne F. Baldassare

摘要:

我们研究的假设,红色的近红外线颜色的一些L矮星可以解释的“尘埃雾”的小颗粒在其上层大气。这种尘埃雾将与在矮星中发现的具有更典型颜色的云一起存在。我们开发了一个模型,它使用米氏理论和汉森粒径分布再现消光由于拟议的沙尘雾。我们应用我们的方法对23个年轻的L矮星和23个红场L矮星。我们使用马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗方法来约束沙尘霾的性质,包括颗粒尺寸分布和柱密度。我们发现,亚微米范围内的硅酸盐颗粒重现所观察到的变红。目前的褐矮星大气模型包括大颗粒(1- 100 ~ $μm$)尘埃云,但不包括亚微米尘埃颗粒。我们的研究结果提供了一个强有力的概念证明,并激励在棕矮星大气模型的大,小尘埃颗粒的组合。

英文摘要:

We examine the hypothesis that the red near-infrared colors of some L dwarfs could be explained by a "dust haze" of small particles in their upper atmospheres. This dust haze would exist in conjunction with the clouds found in dwarfs with more typical colors. We developed a model which uses Mie theory and the Hansen particle size distributions to reproduce the extinction due to the proposed dust haze. We apply our method to 23 young L dwarfs and 23 red field L dwarfs. We constrain the properties of the dust haze including particle size distribution and column density using Markov-Chain Monte Carlo methods. We find that sub-micron range silicate grains reproduce the observed reddening. Current brown dwarf atmosphere models include large grain (1--100~$μm$) dust clouds but not submicron dust grains. Our results provide a strong proof of concept and motivate a combination of large and small dust grains in brown dwarf atmosphere models.

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