Searching for T dwarfs in the ρ Oph dark cloud L 1688

被引:3
作者
Chiang, Poshih [1 ]
Chen, Wen-Ping [1 ]
Albert, Loic [2 ,3 ]
Liu, Michael [4 ]
Magnier, Eugene A. [4 ]
机构
[1] Natl Cent Univ, Grad Inst Astron, Jhongli 32001, Taiwan
[2] Univ Montreal, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
[3] Univ Montreal, Observ Mt Megant, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
[4] Univ Hawaii, Inst Astron, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
关键词
brown dwarfs; stars: pre-main sequence; ISM: individual objects: L1688; SIGMA-ORIONIS CLUSTER; INITIAL MASS FUNCTION; EXTRASOLAR GIANT PLANETS; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRA; FIELD BROWN DWARF; SUBSTELLAR OBJECTS; STARS; OPHIUCHI; POPULATION;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/stu2701
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present a list of T dwarf candidates in the dark cloud L 1688 in the rho Oph star-forming region. These candidates are selected with infrared colours sensitive to T dwarf characteristics of methane absorptions and of cool atmospheres. The 1.6-mu m methane feature is diagnosed by on-off imaging using an H-band and an intermediate-band methane filter, calibrated to a set of known brown dwarfs of M, L, and T types in the field. Another methane feature at 3.3 mu m is traced with the Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) [3.6] - [4.5] colour. For cool atmospheres, the H - [4.5] and K - [4.5] colours are utilized. With an additional criterion of mid-infrared brightness to eliminate extragalactic interlopers, a total of 28 T dwarf candidates have been identified. A comprehensive assessment was conducted to estimate the level of contamination of our sample by young stellar variability, by extragalactic sources sharing the same colour behaviour, or by foreground T dwarfs. Though extragalactic sources may contribute up to about half of the false positives, our candidates show close spatial association with the dark cloud, rather than randomly distributed as a background population would have been. Furthermore, even though our candidates are not selected a priori by a colour-magnitude relation, they mostly follow the 1 Myr isochrones, ascertaining their youth. Our selection methodology provides guidance to search for T dwarfs in other star-forming regions. Our candidate list, when comparing with those in the literature, which often rely on a single criterion on cool temperature or methane, is more conservative but should be more secure for follow-up spectroscopic confirmation of a T dwarf sample at the early evolutionary stage.
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