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Spectroscopic Detection of Carbon Monoxide in Two Late-Type T Dwarfs
M-band spectra of two late-type T dwarfs, 2MASS J09373487+2931409, andGliese 570D, confirm evidence from photometry that photospheric carbonmonoxide (CO) is present at abundance levels far in excess of thosepredicted from chemical equilibrium. These new and unambiguousdetections of CO, together with an earlier spectroscopic detection of COin Gliese 229B and existing M-band photometry of a large selection of Tdwarfs, suggest that vertical mixing in the photosphere drives the COabundance out of chemical equilibrium and is a common, and likelyuniversal feature of mid-to-late-type T dwarfs. The M-band spectra allowdeterminations of the timescale of vertical mixing in the radiativeregion of the atmosphere of each object, the first such measurements ofthis important parameter in late T dwarfs. A detailed analysis of thespectral energy distribution of 2MASS J09373487+2931409 results in thefollowing values for metallicity, temperature, surface gravity, andluminosity: [M/H] ~-0.3, T eff = 925-975 K, log g= 5.20-5.47, and log L/L sun = -5.308 ± 0.027.The age is 3-10 Gyr and the mass is in the range 45-69 M Jup.
| Starlight polarization and CO observations towards the Lupus clouds
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| The nature of the Yale Common Proper Motion groups of stars
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| Constellation: | Norma |
| Right ascension: | 16h02m45.20s |
| Declination: | -42°30'26.2" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.026 |
| Distance: | 168.35 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -25.8 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -81.8 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.548 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.152 |
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