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An Infrared Spectroscopic Sequence of M, L, and T Dwarfs
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We present a 0.6-4.1 μm spectroscopic sequence of M, L, and T dwarfs. The spectra have R ≡ λ/Δλ ≈ 2000 from 0.9 to 2.4 μm and R = 2500-200 from 2.9 to 4.1 μm. These new data nearly double the number of L and T dwarfs that have reported L -band spectra. The near-infrared spectra are combined with previously published red-optical spectra to extend the wavelength coverage to ~0.6 μm. Prominent atomic and molecular absorption features are identified including neutral lines of Al, Fe, Mg, Ca, Ti, Na, and K and 19 new weak CH 4 absorption features in the H -band spectra of mid- to late-type T dwarfs. In addition, we detect for the first time the 0-0 band of the A 4 Π- X 4 Σ - transition of VO at ~1.06 μm in the spectra of L dwarfs and the P - and R -branches of the ν 3 band of CH 4 in the spectrum of a T dwarf. The equivalent widths of the refractory atomic features all decrease with increasing spectral type and are absent by a spectral type of ~L0, except for the 1.189 μm Fe I line, which persists to at least ~L3. We compute the bolometric luminosities of the dwarfs in our sample with measured parallaxes and find good agreement with previously published results that use L '-band photometry to account for the flux emitted from 2.5 to 3.6 μm. Finally, 2MASS J2224381-0158521 (L4.5) has an anomalously red spectrum and the strongest Δν = +2 CO bands in our sample. This may be indicative of unusually thick condensate clouds and/or low surface gravity.
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- Cushing, M. C., Rayner, J. T., & Vacca, W. D.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 2005-04-20
- Volume
- 623
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 1115-1140
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
- OpenAlex
- W2083849614
- Cited by
- 648
- References
- 48
- FWCI
- 15.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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