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2016AJ....152..123G - Astron. J., 152, 123-123 (2016/November-0)

WISEP J060738.65+242953.4: a nearby pole-on L8 brown dwarf with radio emission.

GIZIS J.E., WILLIAMS P.K.G., BURGASSER A.J., LIBRALATO M., NARDIELLO D., PIOTTO G., BEDIN L.R., BERGER E. and PAUDEL R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a simultaneous, multi-wavelength campaign targeting the nearby (7.2 pc) L8/L9 (optical/near-infrared) dwarf WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 in the mid-infrared, radio, and optical. Spitzer Space Telescope observations show no variability at the 0.2% level over 10 hr each in the 3.6 and 4.5 µm bands. Kepler K2 monitoring over 36 days in Campaign 0 rules out stable periodic signals in the optical with amplitudes greater than 1.5% and periods between 1.5 hr and 2 days. Non-simultaneous Gemini optical spectroscopy detects lithium, constraining this L dwarf to be less than ∼2 Gyr old, but no Balmer emission is observed. The low measured projected rotation velocity (v sin i < 6 km s–1) and lack of variability are very unusual compared to other brown dwarfs, and we argue that this substellar object is likely viewed pole-on. We detect quiescent (non-bursting) radio emission with the Very Large Array. Among radio-detected L and T dwarfs, it has the lowest observed Lν and the lowest v sin i. We discuss the implications of a pole-on detection for various proposed radio emission scenarios.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): brown dwarfs - solar neighborhood - stars: activity - stars: individual: WISEP J060738.65+242953.4 - starspots - starspots

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