Eight New Substellar Hyades Candidates from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey

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Auteurs principaux: Schneider, Adam C., Cushing, Michael C., Stiller, Robert A., Munn, Jeffrey A., Vrba, Frederick J., Bruursema, Justice, Williams, Stephen J., Liu, Michael C., Bravo, Alexia, Faherty, Jacqueline K., Rothermich, Austin, Calamari, Emily, Caselden, Dan, Kabatnik, Martin, Sainio, Arttu, Bickle, Thomas P., Pendrill, William, Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak, Thevenot, Melina
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author Schneider, Adam C.
Cushing, Michael C.
Stiller, Robert A.
Munn, Jeffrey A.
Vrba, Frederick J.
Bruursema, Justice
Williams, Stephen J.
Liu, Michael C.
Bravo, Alexia
Faherty, Jacqueline K.
Rothermich, Austin
Calamari, Emily
Caselden, Dan
Kabatnik, Martin
Sainio, Arttu
Bickle, Thomas P.
Pendrill, William
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
Thevenot, Melina
author_facet Schneider, Adam C.
Cushing, Michael C.
Stiller, Robert A.
Munn, Jeffrey A.
Vrba, Frederick J.
Bruursema, Justice
Williams, Stephen J.
Liu, Michael C.
Bravo, Alexia
Faherty, Jacqueline K.
Rothermich, Austin
Calamari, Emily
Caselden, Dan
Kabatnik, Martin
Sainio, Arttu
Bickle, Thomas P.
Pendrill, William
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
Thevenot, Melina
contents We have used the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey (UHS) combined with the UKIDSS Galactic Cluster Survey (GCS), the UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey (GPS), and the CatWISE2020 catalog to search for new substellar members of the nearest open cluster to the Sun, the Hyades. Eight new substellar Hyades candidate members were identified and observed with the Gemini/GNIRS near-infrared spectrograph. All eight objects are confirmed as brown dwarfs with spectral types ranging from L6 to T5, with two objects showing signs of spectral binarity and/or variability. A kinematic analysis demonstrates that all eight new discoveries likely belong to the Hyades cluster, with future radial velocity and parallax measurements needed to confirm their membership. CWISE J042356.23$+$130414.3, with a spectral type of T5, would be the coldest ($T_{\rm eff}$$\approx$1100 K) and lowest-mass ($M$$\approx$30 $M_{\rm Jup}$) free-floating member of the Hyades yet discovered. We further find that high-probability substellar Hyades members from this work and previous studies have redder near-infrared colors than field-age brown dwarfs, potentially due to lower surface gravities and super-solar metallicities.
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spellingShingle Eight New Substellar Hyades Candidates from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey
Schneider, Adam C.
Cushing, Michael C.
Stiller, Robert A.
Munn, Jeffrey A.
Vrba, Frederick J.
Bruursema, Justice
Williams, Stephen J.
Liu, Michael C.
Bravo, Alexia
Faherty, Jacqueline K.
Rothermich, Austin
Calamari, Emily
Caselden, Dan
Kabatnik, Martin
Sainio, Arttu
Bickle, Thomas P.
Pendrill, William
Andersen, Nikolaj Stevnbak
Thevenot, Melina
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We have used the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey (UHS) combined with the UKIDSS Galactic Cluster Survey (GCS), the UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey (GPS), and the CatWISE2020 catalog to search for new substellar members of the nearest open cluster to the Sun, the Hyades. Eight new substellar Hyades candidate members were identified and observed with the Gemini/GNIRS near-infrared spectrograph. All eight objects are confirmed as brown dwarfs with spectral types ranging from L6 to T5, with two objects showing signs of spectral binarity and/or variability. A kinematic analysis demonstrates that all eight new discoveries likely belong to the Hyades cluster, with future radial velocity and parallax measurements needed to confirm their membership. CWISE J042356.23$+$130414.3, with a spectral type of T5, would be the coldest ($T_{\rm eff}$$\approx$1100 K) and lowest-mass ($M$$\approx$30 $M_{\rm Jup}$) free-floating member of the Hyades yet discovered. We further find that high-probability substellar Hyades members from this work and previous studies have redder near-infrared colors than field-age brown dwarfs, potentially due to lower surface gravities and super-solar metallicities.
title Eight New Substellar Hyades Candidates from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.10112