THREE NEW COOL BROWN DWARFS DISCOVERED WITH THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE) AND AN IMPROVED SPECTRUM OF THE Y0 DWARF WISE J041022.71+150248.4

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作者
Cushing, Michael C. [1 ]
Kirkpatrick, J. Davy [2 ]
Gelino, Christopher R. [2 ]
Mace, Gregory N. [3 ]
Skrutskie, Michael F. [4 ]
Gould, Andrew [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toledo, Dept Phys & Astron, Toledo, OH 43606 USA
[2] CALTECH, Infrared Proc & Anal Ctr, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[4] Univ Virginia, Dept Astron, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA
[5] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
来源
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL | 2014年 / 147卷 / 05期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
brown dwarfs; infrared: stars; stars: individual (WISE J041022.71+150248.4; WISE J094305.98+360723.5; WISE J200050.19+362950.1; WISE J20905.73+271143.9); stars: low-mass; SUBSTELLAR MASS FUNCTION; SPITZER-SPACE-TELESCOPE; ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEM; LARGE-AREA SURVEY; DEEP SKY SURVEY; T-DWARFS; FILTER SET; ULTRACOOL DWARFS; PROPER MOTIONS; GALACTIC PLANE;
D O I
10.1088/0004-6256/147/5/113
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
As part of a larger search of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data for cool brown dwarfs with effective temperatures less than 1000 K, we present the discovery of three new cool brown dwarfs with spectral types later than T7. Using low-resolution, near-infrared spectra obtained with the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility and the Hubble Space Telescope, we derive spectral types of T9.5 for WISE J094305.98+360723.5, T8 for WISE J200050.19+362950.1, and Y0: for WISE J220905.73+271143.9. The identification of WISE J220905.73+271143.9 as a Y dwarf brings the total number of spectroscopically confirmed Y dwarfs to 17. In addition, we present an improved spectrum (i.e., higher signal-to-noise ratio) of the Y0 dwarf WISE J041022.71+150248.4 that confirms the Cushing et al. classification of Y0. Spectrophotometric distance estimates place all three new brown dwarfs at distances less than 12 pc, with WISE J200050.19+362950.1 lying at a distance of only 3.9-8.0 pc. Finally, we note that brown dwarfs like WISE J200050.19+362950.1 that lie in or near the Galactic plane offer an exciting opportunity to directly measure the mass of a brown dwarf via astrometric microlensing.
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