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2008ApJ...685.1183L - Astrophys. J., 685, 1183-1192 (2008/October-1)

Discovery of a T dwarf binary with the largest known J-band flux reversal.

LOOPER D.L., GELINO C.R., BURGASSER A.J. and KIRKPATRICK J.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present Keck laser guide star observations of two T2.5 dwarfs–2MASS J11061197+2754225 and 2MASS J14044941-3159329–using NIRC2 on Keck II and find 2MASS J14044941-3159329 to be a 0.13" binary. This system has a secondary that is 0.45 mag brighter than the primary in J band, but 0.49 mag fainter in H band and 1.13 mag fainter in Ksband. We use this relative photometry along with near-infrared synthetic modeling performed on the integrated light spectrum to derive component types of T1±1 for the primary and T5±1 for the secondary. Optical spectroscopy of this system obtained with Magellan/LDSS-3 is also presented. This is the fourth L/T transition binary to show a flux reversal in the 1-1.2 µm regime, and this one has the largest flux reversal. Unless the secondary is itself an unresolved binary, the J-band magnitude difference between the secondary and primary shows that the J-band ``bump'' is indeed a real feature and not an artifact caused by unresolved binarity.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Binaries: Close - Stars: Binaries: General - stars: individual (2MASS J11061197+2754225) - stars: individual (2MASS J14044941-3159329) - Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs - Techniques: High Anular Resolution - Techniques: Spectroscopic

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