1 {mu}m EXCESS SOURCES IN THE UKIDSS. I. THREE T DWARFS IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY SOUTHERN EQUATORIAL STRIPE

Journal Article · Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/142/2/64· OSTI ID:21583004

Matsuoka, Y; Murata, K L; Fujiwara, M; Nagayama, T ^[1]; Peterson, B A ^[2]; Suenaga, T ^[3]; Furusawa, K; Miyake, N; Omori, K ^[4]; Suzuki, D; Wada, K ^[5]

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1. Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602 (Japan)
2. Mount Stromlo Observatory, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Weston Creek P.O., ACT 2611 (Australia)
3. Department of Astronomical Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 (Japan)
4. Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601 (Japan)
5. Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043 (Japan)

We report the discovery of two field brown dwarfs, ULAS J0128-0041 and ULAS J0321+0051, and the rediscovery of ULAS J0226+0051 (IfA 0230-Z1), in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) southern equatorial stripe. They are found in the course of our follow-up observation program of 1 {mu}m excess sources in the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope Infrared Deep Sky Survey. The Gemini Multi-Object Spectrographs spectra at red optical wavelengths (6500-10500 A) are presented, which reveal that they are early-T dwarfs. The classification is also supported by their optical to near-infrared colors. It is noted that ULAS J0321+0051 is one of the faintest currently known T dwarfs. The estimated distances to the three objects are 50-110 pc, thus they are among the most distant field T dwarfs known. The dense temporal coverage of the target fields achieved by the SDSS-II Supernova Survey allows us to perform a simple time-series analysis of the dwarfs. We create stacked images of each year from 2002-2007 and find significant proper motions of 150-290 mas yr{sup -1} or transverse velocities of 40-100 km s{sup -1} for ULAS J0128-0041 and ULAS J0226+0051. We also find that there are no detectable, long-term (a-few-year) brightness variations above a few times 0.1 mag for the two brown dwarfs.

• OSTI ID: 21583004
• Journal Information: Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online), Vol. 142, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/142/2/64; ISSN 1538-3881
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
BRIGHTNESS
CLASSIFICATION
DISTANCE
DWARF STARS
IMAGES
PROPER MOTION
TELESCOPES
TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS
MATHEMATICS
MOTION
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STARS
STATISTICS