Wilcox, Mavourneen K. and McLean, Ian S. and Becklin, E. E. and Figer, Donald F. and Gilbert, Andrea M. and Graham, James R. and Larkin, James E. and Levenson, N. A. and Teplitz, Harry I. and Kirkpatrick, J. Davy and Burgasser, Adam J. (2000) NIRSPEC brown dwarf spectroscopic survey. In: Discoveries and Research Prospects from 8- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes. Proceedings of SPIE. No.4005. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, pp. 296-300. ISBN 9780819436306. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181204-132723071
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The NIRSPEC Brown Dwarf Spectroscopic Survey is a project to obtain a consistent set of high-quality near-IR spectra for each spectral class and sub-class of low-mass and/or sub- stellar objects to provide a new data base for models of the atmosphere of brown dwarfs and extra-solar giant planets. Most of the current targets are L-dwarfs and T-dwarfs discovered by the 2MASS. The survey is begin performed with the recently-commissioned near-IR spectrometer, NIRSPEC, a 1-5 micrometers cryogenic spectrograph at the WM Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, using resolving powers of R equals 2,500-25,000. Preliminary results for four sources, three L-dwarfs and one T-dwarf, are presented here. Spectra from 1.13-2.33 micrometers at an average resolution of R equals 2,500 illustrate the development of deep steam bands and the weakening of FeH through the L-sequence, and the emergence of methane bands in the T-dwarfs. Complex detail in the spectra are the result of blending of numerous unresolved molecular transitions.
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Additional Information: | © 2000 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). It is a pleasure to acknowledge the hard work of past and present members of the NIRSPEC instrument team, without whose efforts these observations would not have been possible. In particular, we thank Maryanne Angliongto, Odvar Bendiksen, George Brims, Leah Buchholz, John Canfield, Kim Chim, Jonah Hare, Fred Lacayanga, Samuel Larson, Tim Liu, Nick Magnone, Gunnar Skulason, Michael Spencer, Jason Weiss and Woon Wong. It is a pleasure to acknowledge CARA instrument specialist Thomas A. Bida and all the CARA staff for their exceptional support. Finally, we also thank Peter Hauschildt and Adam Burrows for helpful advice about current model atmospheres of brown dwarfs. | ||||||||||||
Group: | Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) | ||||||||||||
Subject Keywords: | low-mass stars, brown dwarfs, infrared spectroscopy, NIRSPEC, Keck telescope | ||||||||||||
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Issue or Number: | 4005 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1117/12.390148 | ||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | Mavourneen K. Wilcox, Ian S. McLean, Eric E. Becklin, Donald Frank Figer, Andrea M. Gilbert, James R. Graham, James E. Larkin, N. A. Levenson, Harry I. Teplitz, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Adam J. Burgasser, "NIRSPEC brown dwarf spectroscopic survey," Proc. SPIE 4005, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 8- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes, (29 June 2000); doi: 10.1117/12.390148 | ||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | George Porter | ||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 05 Dec 2018 21:41 | ||||||||||||
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