Issue |
A&A
Volume 393, Number 2, October II 2002
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Page(s) | 597 - 609 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021065 | |
Published online | 23 September 2002 |
Exploring brown dwarf disks in ρ Ophiuchi*
1
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, INAF, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
2
ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching Bei München, Germany
3
TNG and Centro Galileo Galilei, INAF, PO Box 565, 38700, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain
4
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, INAF, via Frascati 33, 00044 Roma, Italy
Corresponding author: A. Natta, natta@arcetri.astro.it
Received:
6
June
2002
Accepted:
12
July
2002
This paper discusses evidence for and properties of disks associated
to brown dwarfs in the star-forming region Oph. We selected nine objects from the ISOCAM survey of Bontemps et al. ([CITE])
that have detections in the two mid-infrared
bands (6.7 and 14.3 μm), relatively low extinction and low luminosity.
We present low-resolution near-infrared spectra in the J, H and K bands,
and determine for each source spectral type, extinction, effective temperature and luminosity by comparing the spectra to those of field dwarfs and
to the most recent model stellar atmospheres. The results indicate
that eight objects have spectral types M6–M7.5, effective temperature
of 2600–2700 K, one has a later spectral type (M8.5) and lower temperature
(about 2400 K). The derived extinctions range between
and 8 mag.
The location of the objects on the HR diagram, in spite of the uncertainties of the evolutionary tracks for young objects of substellar mass,
indicates that all the objects are very young and have masses below about
0.08
. The coolest object in our sample has mass in the range 8–12 MJ
(0.008–0.012
).
In all cases, the mid-infrared excess is consistent with the predictions of models of disks irradiated by the central object, showing
that circumstellar disks are commonly associated to young brown dwarfs and planetary-mass objects.
Finally,
we discuss possible variations of the disk geometry among different objects,
as well as the possibility of using these data to discriminate between various formation scenarios.
Key words: stars: circumstellar matter / stars: formation / stars: atmospheres / stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs
Partly based on observations collected at the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) operated on the island of La Palma by the Centro Galileo Galilei of INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) at the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, and at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla and Paranal, Chile.
© ESO, 2002
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