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穿过L/T跃迁的棕矮星双星的云性质

Cloud Properties of Brown Dwarf Binaries Across the L/T Transition

Laci Shea Brock, Travis Barman, Quinn M. Konopacky, Jordan M. Stone

摘要:

我们提出了一套新的大气模型与灵活的云参数来研究云对棕矮星的影响在整个L/T过渡。我们将这些模型拟合到13个对象的样本中,这些对象具有众所周知的质量,距离和光谱类型,跨越L3-T5。我们的建模是由哈勃太空望远镜和W。M.凯克望远镜覆盖可见光到近红外波长。我们发现,适当的云参数,数据可以很好地拟合与演化模型的预测与温度和地面重力的大气模型。我们看到云参数与光谱类型有明显的趋势,早期类型的物体显示出更高海拔的云,颗粒更小(0.25-0.50微米),后期类型的物体更适合更深的云和更大的颗粒($\geq$ 1微米)。我们的研究结果证实了以前的工作,表明L矮星是由亚微米粒子为主,而T矮星有较大的颗粒尺寸。

英文摘要:

We present a new suite of atmosphere models with flexible cloud parameters to investigate the effects of clouds on brown dwarfs across the L/T transition. We fit these models to a sample of 13 objects with well-known masses, distances, and spectral types spanning L3-T5. Our modelling is guided by spatially-resolved photometry from the Hubble Space Telescope and the W. M. Keck Telescopes covering visible to near-infrared wavelengths. We find that, with appropriate cloud parameters, the data can be fit well by atmospheric models with temperature and surface gravity in agreement with the predictions of evolutionary models. We see a clear trend in the cloud parameters with spectral type, with earlier-type objects exhibiting higher-altitude clouds with smaller grains (0.25-0.50 micron) and later-type objects being better fit with deeper clouds and larger grains ($\geq$1 micron). Our results confirm previous work that suggests L dwarfs are dominated by submicron particles, whereas T dwarfs have larger particle sizes.

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