Chemical and Isotopic Homogeneity Between the L Dwarf CD-35 2722 B and its Early M Host Star

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Autori principali: Wang, Gavin, Xuan, Jerry, Picos, Darío, Zhang, Zhoujian, Zhang, Yapeng, Mawet, Dimitri, Hsu, Chih-Chun, Wang, Jason, Blake, Geoffrey, Ruffio, Jean-Baptiste, Horstman, Katelyn, Sappey, Ben, Xin, Yinzi, Finnerty, Luke, Echeverri, Daniel, Jovanovic, Nemanja, Baker, Ashley, Bartos, Randy, Calvin, Benjamin, Cetre, Sylvain, Delorme, Jacques-Robert, Doppmann, Greg, Fitzgerald, Michael, Liberman, Joshua, López, Ronald, Morris, Evan, Pezzato-Rovner, Jacklyn, Phillips, Caprice, Schofield, Tobias, Skemer, Andrew, Wallace, James, Wang, Ji
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author Wang, Gavin
Xuan, Jerry
Picos, Darío
Zhang, Zhoujian
Zhang, Yapeng
Mawet, Dimitri
Hsu, Chih-Chun
Wang, Jason
Blake, Geoffrey
Ruffio, Jean-Baptiste
Horstman, Katelyn
Sappey, Ben
Xin, Yinzi
Finnerty, Luke
Echeverri, Daniel
Jovanovic, Nemanja
Baker, Ashley
Bartos, Randy
Calvin, Benjamin
Cetre, Sylvain
Delorme, Jacques-Robert
Doppmann, Greg
Fitzgerald, Michael
Liberman, Joshua
López, Ronald
Morris, Evan
Pezzato-Rovner, Jacklyn
Phillips, Caprice
Schofield, Tobias
Skemer, Andrew
Wallace, James
Wang, Ji
author_facet Wang, Gavin
Xuan, Jerry
Picos, Darío
Zhang, Zhoujian
Zhang, Yapeng
Mawet, Dimitri
Hsu, Chih-Chun
Wang, Jason
Blake, Geoffrey
Ruffio, Jean-Baptiste
Horstman, Katelyn
Sappey, Ben
Xin, Yinzi
Finnerty, Luke
Echeverri, Daniel
Jovanovic, Nemanja
Baker, Ashley
Bartos, Randy
Calvin, Benjamin
Cetre, Sylvain
Delorme, Jacques-Robert
Doppmann, Greg
Fitzgerald, Michael
Liberman, Joshua
López, Ronald
Morris, Evan
Pezzato-Rovner, Jacklyn
Phillips, Caprice
Schofield, Tobias
Skemer, Andrew
Wallace, James
Wang, Ji
contents CD-35 2722 B is an L dwarf companion to the nearby, $\sim 50-200$ Myr old M1 dwarf CD-35 2722 A. We present a detailed analysis of both objects using high-resolution ($R \sim 35,000$) $K$ band spectroscopy from the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) combined with archival photometry. With a mass of $30^{+5}_{-4} M_{\mathrm{Jup}}$ (planet-to-host mass ratio 0.05) and projected separation of $67\pm4$ AU from its host, CD-35 2722 B likely formed via gravitational instability. We explore whether the chemical composition of the system tells a similar story. Accounting for systematic uncertainties, we find $\mathrm{[M/H]}=-0.16^{+0.03}_{-0.02} \mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.25 \mathrm{(sys)}$ dex and $^{12}\mathrm{C}/^{13}\mathrm{C}=132^{+20}_{-14}$ for the host, and $\mathrm{[M/H]}=0.27^{+0.07}_{-0.06} (\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.12 (\mathrm{sys})$ dex, $^{12}\mathrm{CO}/^{13}\mathrm{CO}=159^{+33}_{-24} \mathrm{(stat)}^{+40}_{-33} \mathrm{(sys)}$, and $\mathrm{C/O} = 0.55 \pm 0.01 (\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.04 (\mathrm{sys})$ for the companion. The chemical compositions for the brown dwarf and host star agree within the $1.5σ$ level, supporting a scenario where CD-35 2722 B formed via gravitational instability. We do not find evidence for clouds on CD-35 2722 B despite it being a photometrically red mid-L dwarf and thus expected to be quite cloudy. We retrieve a temperature structure which is more isothermal than models and investigate its impact on our measurements, finding that constraining the temperature structure to self-consistent models does not significantly impact our retrieved chemical properties. Our observations highlight the need for data from complementary wavelength ranges to verify the presence of aerosols in likely cloudy L dwarfs.
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spellingShingle Chemical and Isotopic Homogeneity Between the L Dwarf CD-35 2722 B and its Early M Host Star
Wang, Gavin
Xuan, Jerry
Picos, Darío
Zhang, Zhoujian
Zhang, Yapeng
Mawet, Dimitri
Hsu, Chih-Chun
Wang, Jason
Blake, Geoffrey
Ruffio, Jean-Baptiste
Horstman, Katelyn
Sappey, Ben
Xin, Yinzi
Finnerty, Luke
Echeverri, Daniel
Jovanovic, Nemanja
Baker, Ashley
Bartos, Randy
Calvin, Benjamin
Cetre, Sylvain
Delorme, Jacques-Robert
Doppmann, Greg
Fitzgerald, Michael
Liberman, Joshua
López, Ronald
Morris, Evan
Pezzato-Rovner, Jacklyn
Phillips, Caprice
Schofield, Tobias
Skemer, Andrew
Wallace, James
Wang, Ji
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
CD-35 2722 B is an L dwarf companion to the nearby, $\sim 50-200$ Myr old M1 dwarf CD-35 2722 A. We present a detailed analysis of both objects using high-resolution ($R \sim 35,000$) $K$ band spectroscopy from the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) combined with archival photometry. With a mass of $30^{+5}_{-4} M_{\mathrm{Jup}}$ (planet-to-host mass ratio 0.05) and projected separation of $67\pm4$ AU from its host, CD-35 2722 B likely formed via gravitational instability. We explore whether the chemical composition of the system tells a similar story. Accounting for systematic uncertainties, we find $\mathrm{[M/H]}=-0.16^{+0.03}_{-0.02} \mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.25 \mathrm{(sys)}$ dex and $^{12}\mathrm{C}/^{13}\mathrm{C}=132^{+20}_{-14}$ for the host, and $\mathrm{[M/H]}=0.27^{+0.07}_{-0.06} (\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.12 (\mathrm{sys})$ dex, $^{12}\mathrm{CO}/^{13}\mathrm{CO}=159^{+33}_{-24} \mathrm{(stat)}^{+40}_{-33} \mathrm{(sys)}$, and $\mathrm{C/O} = 0.55 \pm 0.01 (\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.04 (\mathrm{sys})$ for the companion. The chemical compositions for the brown dwarf and host star agree within the $1.5σ$ level, supporting a scenario where CD-35 2722 B formed via gravitational instability. We do not find evidence for clouds on CD-35 2722 B despite it being a photometrically red mid-L dwarf and thus expected to be quite cloudy. We retrieve a temperature structure which is more isothermal than models and investigate its impact on our measurements, finding that constraining the temperature structure to self-consistent models does not significantly impact our retrieved chemical properties. Our observations highlight the need for data from complementary wavelength ranges to verify the presence of aerosols in likely cloudy L dwarfs.
title Chemical and Isotopic Homogeneity Between the L Dwarf CD-35 2722 B and its Early M Host Star
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19588