Bibcode
Pérez-Garrido, A.; Lodieu, N.; Rebolo, R.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 599, id.A78, 9 pp.
Fecha de publicación:
3
2017
Revista
Número de citas
15
Número de citas referidas
13
Descripción
Aims: Our aim is to identify brown dwarf members of the nearby
Hyades open star cluster to determine the photometric and spectroscopic
properties of brown dwarfs at moderately old ages and extend the
knowledge of the substellar mass function of the cluster.
Methods: We cross-matched the 2MASS and AllWISE public catalogues and
measured proper motions to identify low-mass stars and brown dwarf
candidates in an area of radius eight degrees around the central region
of the Hyades cluster. We identified objects with photometry and proper
motions consistent with cluster membership. For the faintest (J = 17.2
mag) most promising astrometric and photometric low-mass candidate 2MASS
J04183483+2131275, with a membership probability of 94.5%, we obtained
low-resolution (R = 300-1000) and intermediate-resolution (R = 2500)
spectroscopy with the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias. Results:
From the low-resolution spectra we determined a L5.0 ± 0.5
spectral type, consistent with the available photometry. In the
intermediate dispersion spectrum we detected Hα in emission
(marginally resolved with a full width half maximum of 2.8 Å) and
determined a log (LHα/Lbol) = -6.0 dex. From
Hα we obtained a radial velocity of 38.0 ± 2.9 km
s-1, which combined with the proper motion leads to space
velocities which are fully consistent with membership in the Hyades
cluster. We also report a detection in the H2 band by the
UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey. Using evolutionary models we determine
from the available photometry of the object a mass in the range
0.039-0.055 M⊙. Brown dwarfs with masses below 0.055
M⊙ should fully preserve its initial lithium content, and
indeed the spectrum at 6708 Å may show a feature consistent with
lithium preservation; however, a higher S/N is needed to confirm this
point. Conclusions: We have identified a new high-probability L5
brown dwarf member of the Hyades cluster. This is the first relatively
old L5 brown dwarf with a well-determined age (500-700 Myr) and measured
chromospheric emission.
Based on observations made with the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC)
installed at the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, on the island of La Palma.
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