SIMBAD references

2008ApJ...678..463I - Astrophys. J., 678, 463-471 (2008/May-1)

Dynamical mass of GJ 802B: a brown dwarf in a triple system.

IRELAND M.J., KRAUS A., MARTINACHE F., LLOYD J.P. and TUTHILL P.G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report a dynamical measurement of the mass of the brown dwarf GJ 802B using aperture-masking interferometry and astrometry. In addition, we report the discovery that GJ 802A is itself a close spectroscopic noneclipsing binary with a 19 hr period. We find the mass of GJ 802B to be 0.063±0.005 M. GJ 802 has kinematics inconsistent with a young star and more consistent with the thick-disk population, implying a system age of ∼10 Gyr. However, model evolutionary tracks for GJ 802B predict system ages of ∼2 Gyr, suggesting that brown dwarf evolutionary models may be underestimating luminosity for old brown dwarfs.

Abstract Copyright:

Journal keyword(s): Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs

CDS comments: GJ 387.2 not identified, may be GJ 387B

Simbad objects: 13

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2008ApJ...678..463I and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu