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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/797/1/3 | ||||
| Año | 2014 | ||||
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WISE J085510.83-071442.5 (hereafter, WISE 0855-07) is the coolest Y dwarf known to date and is located at a distance of 2.31 +/- 0.08 pc, giving it the fourth largest parallax of any known star or brown dwarf system. We report deep z-band observations of WISE 0855-07 using FORS2 on UT1/Very Large Telescope. We do not detect any counterpart to WISE 0855-07 in our z-band images and estimate a brightness upper limit of AB mag > 24.8 (F. < 0.45 mu Jy) at 910 +/- 65 nm with 3 sigma confidence. We combine our z-band upper limit with previous near-and mid-infrared photometry to place constraints on the atmospheric properties of WISE 0855-07 via comparison to models which implement water clouds in the atmospheres of T-eff < 300 K substellar objects. We find that none of the available models that implement water clouds can completely reproduce the observed spectral energy distribution of WISE 0855-07. Every model significantly disagrees with the (3.6 mu m/4.5 mu m) flux ratio and at least one other bandpass. Since methane is predicted to be the dominant absorber at 3-4 mu m, these mismatches might point to an incorrect or incomplete treatment of methane in current models. We conclude that (a) WISE0855-07 has Teff similar to 200-250 K, (b) < 80% of its surface is covered by clouds, and (c) deeper observations, and improved models of substellar evolution, atmospheres, clouds, and opacities will be necessary to better characterize this object.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Kopytova, T. | - |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Int Max Planck Res Sch Astron & Space Phys - Alemania AMER MUSEUM NAT HIST - Estados Unidos Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy & Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg - Alemania American Museum of Natural History - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Pearce, Logan | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Deacon, Niall R. | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Univ Hertfordshire - Reino Unido Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania University of Hertfordshire - Reino Unido |
| 4 | Brandner, W. | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania |
| 5 | Buenzli, E. | Mujer |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania |
| 6 | Bayos, Amelia | Mujer |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Universidad de Valparaíso - Chile Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania |
| 7 | De Leon, Jerome P. | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
NASA - Estados Unidos Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania NASA Ames Research Center - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Manjavacas, E. | Mujer |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Int Max Planck Res Sch Astron & Space Phys - Alemania Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy & Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg - Alemania |
| 9 | Biller, Beth | Mujer |
UNIV EDINBURGH - Reino Unido
University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy - Reino Unido |
| 10 | Kopon, Derek | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania |
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| American Museum of Natural History |
| Swiss National Science Foundation |
| Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) |
| Annette Kade Graduate Student Fellowship Program of the RGGS at the American Museum of Natural History, through Annette Kade Charitable Trust |
| NASA Postdoctoral Program at NASA Ames Research Center |
| Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung |
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| T.K. is partly supported by the Annette Kade Graduate Student Fellowship Program of the RGGS at the American Museum of Natural History, through generous contributions of the Annette Kade Charitable Trust. E.B. is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). A portion of the research of J.E.S. was supported by an appointment to the NASA Postdoctoral Program at NASA Ames Research Center, administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities through a contract with NASA. T.K. is grateful to Juan Carlos Beamin and Jackie Faherty for helpful discussions regarding WISE 0855-07. |