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Title:
2MASS J05185995-2828372: Discovery of an Unresolved L/T Binary
Authors:
Cruz, Kelle L.; Burgasser, Adam J.; Reid, I. Neill; Liebert, James
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396 .; Visiting Astronomer at the Infrared Telescope Facility, which is operated by the University of Hawaii under Cooperative Agreement NCC 5-538 with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Space Science, Planetary Astronomy Program.), AB(Visiting Astronomer at the Infrared Telescope Facility, which is operated by the University of Hawaii under Cooperative Agreement NCC 5-538 with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Space Science, Planetary Astronomy Program.; Division of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1562 .; Hubble Fellow.), AC(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396 .; Visiting Astronomer at the Infrared Telescope Facility, which is operated by the University of Hawaii under Cooperative Agreement NCC 5-538 with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Space Science, Planetary Astronomy Program.; Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218; .), AD(Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721; .)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 604, Issue 1, pp. L61-L64. (ApJL Homepage)
Publication Date:
03/2004
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
Stars: Binaries: General, Stars: Individual: Alphanumeric: 2MASS J05185995-2828372, Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs
DOI:
10.1086/383415
Bibliographic Code:
2004ApJ...604L..61C

Abstract

We present the peculiar near-infrared spectrum of the newly discovered brown dwarf 2MASS J05185995-2828372, identified in the Two Micron All Sky Survey. Features characteristic of both L and T dwarfs are present, namely, strong carbon monoxide absorption in the K band, strong methane absorption in the J and H bands, and red near-infrared colors. We consider several scenarios that could produce these features and conclude that the object is most likely to be an unresolved L/T binary system. We discuss how the estimated photometric properties of this object are consistent with the observed J-band brightening of brown dwarfs between late-L and early-T dwarfs, making detailed study of this system an important probe of the L/T transition.
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