An updated distance-calibrated SED of Gl 229B Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Calamari E.
  2. Faherty J.K.
  3. Burningham B.
  4. Gonzales E.,Bardalez-Gagliuffi D.
  5. Vos J.M.
  6. Gemma M.
  7. Whiteford N.
  8. Gaarn J.
  9. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present results from an atmospheric retrieval analysis of Gl 229B using the Brewster retrieval code. We find the best fit model to be cloud-free, consistent with the T dwarf retrieval work of Line+ 2015ApJ...807..183L & 2017ApJ...848...83L; Zalesky+ 2022ApJ...936...44Z and Gonzales+ 2020ApJ...905...46G. Fundamental parameters (mass, radius, log(L_Bol_/L_Sun_), log(g)) determined from our model agree within 1{sigma} to SED-derived values, except for Teff where our retrieved Teff is approximately 100K cooler than the evolutionary model-based SED value. We find a retrieved mass of 50_-9_^+12^M_Jup_, however, we also find that the observables of Gl229B can be explained by a cloud-free model with a prior on mass at the dynamical value, 70M_Jup_. We are able to constrain abundances for H_2_O, CO, CH_4_, NH_3_, Na and K and find a supersolar C/O ratio as compared to its primary, Gl 229A. We report an overall subsolar metallicity due to atmospheric oxygen depletion, but find a solar [C/H], which matches that of the primary. We find that this work contributes to a growing trend in retrieval-based studies, particularly for brown dwarfs, toward supersolar C/O ratios and discuss the implications of this result on formation mechanisms and internal physical processes, as well as model biases.

Keywords
  1. brown-dwarfs
  2. multiple-stars
  3. t-dwarfs
  4. spectral-energy-distribution
  5. infrared-astronomy
  6. spectroscopy
  7. visible-astronomy
  8. astronomical-models
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2022ApJ...940..164C
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/940/164
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.19400164

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History

2024-12-04T13:01:34Z
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2024-12-04T13:01:34Z
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