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2014ApJ...787..126L - Astrophys. J., 787, 126 (2014/June-1)

Characterization of high proper motion objects from the wide-field infrared survey explorer.

LUHMAN K.L. and SHEPPARD S.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present an analysis of high proper motion objects that we have found in a recent study and in this work with multi-epoch astrometry from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Using photometry and proper motions from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey and WISE, we have identified the members of this sample that are likely to be late-type, nearby, or metal-poor. We have performed optical and near-infrared spectroscopy on 41 objects, from which we measure spectral types that range from M4-T2.5. This sample includes 11 blue L dwarfs and 5 subdwarfs; the latter were also classified as such in the recent study by Kirkpatrick and coworkers. Based on their spectral types and photometry, several of our spectroscopic targets may have distances of <20 pc with the closest at ∼12 pc. The tangential velocities implied by the spectrophotometric distances and proper motions indicate that four of the five subdwarfs are probably members of the Galactic halo while several other objects, including the early-T dwarf WISE J210529.08-623558.7, may belong to the thick disk.

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Journal keyword(s): brown dwarfs - infrared: stars - proper motions - solar neighborhood - stars: low-mass

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/ApJ/787/126): table4.dat>

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