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A W 2 only search for late T and Y dwarfs in WISE

David Pinfield, Avril Day-Jones, Ben Burningham, Maria Teresa Ruiz, Sandy Leggett, Ruby Kurtev , Mariuz Gromadzki , Cátia Cardoso, Nicolas Lodieu. A W 2 only search for late T and Y dwarfs in WISE. Joana Gomes University of Hertfordshire . Overview. Introduction Candidate selection

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A W 2 only search for late T and Y dwarfs in WISE

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  1. David Pinfield, Avril Day-Jones, Ben Burningham, Maria Teresa Ruiz, Sandy Leggett, Ruby Kurtev, MariuzGromadzki, Cátia Cardoso, Nicolas Lodieu A W2 only search for late T and Y dwarfs in WISE Joana Gomes University of Hertfordshire

  2. Overview • Introduction • Candidate selection • Rejection methods • Results • Summary and future work

  3. Y dwarfs 14 Y dwarfs discovered (Cushing et al. 2011, Kirkpatrick et al. 2012, Tinney et al. 2012) • Extremely red colours (W1-W2 > 3) Mainzer et al. 2011

  4. Y dwarfs 14 Y dwarfs discovered (Cushing et al. 2011, Kirkpatrick et al. 2012, Tinney et al. 2012) • Extremely red colours (W1-W2 > 3) Cushing et al. 2011

  5. Candidate selection Select W2 detections with S/N ≥ 10. In WISE this corresponds to W2 = [15 – 15.7]. Taking into account Y colours: W1 – W2 > 3.9 W2 – W3 = [1.7-2.6] W2 – W4 ≥ 5 it means we do not expect detections, at a level of 2s, in the W1,W3 and W4 bands. 2. No 2MASS source within 3 arcseconds of WISE source 3. Measured in at least 8 individual exposures 4. Removed sources towards redenned regions of sky

  6. Rejection methods 6067 sources 4673 sources 3263 sources 904 sources 52 sources 1 – Profile fit photometry rejection method Assess how point-like each source is.

  7. Rejection methods 6067 sources 4673 sources 3263 sources 904 sources 52 sources 1 – Profile fit photometry rejection method Assess how point-like each source is.

  8. 6067 sources 4673 sources 3263 sources 904 sources 52 sources Rejection methods 2 –Photometric uncertainty rejection method Compares the integrated flux uncertainty (w2sigmpro) with the standard deviation of W2 fluxes from the individual exposures (w2sip1)

  9. 6067 sources 4673 sources 3263 sources 904 sources 52 sources Rejection methods 3 – Detection number rejection method Fraction of individual W2 frames in which the source is detected

  10. 6067 sources 4673 sources 3263 sources 904 sources 52 sources Visual inspection • Excluded: • artefacts (such as diffraction spikes, optical ghosts, glints, halo associations) • blended sources • extended structures (galaxies, nebulae)

  11. Expanding the search Extended the analysis to S/N = [8 – 10] After applying rejection methods – 3252 sources Compare the separation of the sources with the proximity to a 2MASS bright source – most of the sources are halo associations. S/N > 10 = 52 S/N = [8-10] = 106 Total = 158 candidates

  12. New sample S/N > 10 - 29 out of 52 candidates in K12 S/N = [8-10] - only 8 out of 106 in K12 Difference comes from the criterion that defines the minimum number of individual exposures where the source should be detected.

  13. Additional Photometry • We have used multiple facilities in our ongoing • follow-up campaign. • UKIDSS/UHS and VISTA surveys • J-band at FourStar, Magellan telescope • J-band at NICS, TNG telescope • J-band at HAWK-I, VLT • Mid-IR obtained at the Spitzer, [3.6] and [4.5] bands • Low-RES spectroscopy, with FIRE, Magellan telescope

  14. Results – Candidate 1 Source not detected in Y, H and K bands (LAS) Combining UKIDSS and FourStar we find p.m = 1.3 arcsec yr-1 W1 – W2 > 3.27 J – W2 = .489 ± 0.15 [3.6] – [4.5] = 1.99 ±0.04 Spectral type of T9 or later. Top: WISE W2 and W2 Bottom: FourStar and UKIDSS

  15. Results – Candidate 2 The brightest new object in the sample with W2 = 14.96 Proper motion estimated with different combinations of epochs. Final result obtained with UKIDSS and HAWK-I images. p.m. = 1.89 ± 0.04 arcsec yr-1 Spitzer ch1 (2013.1) Spitzer ch2 (2013.1)

  16. Comparing with T9 and Y0 NIR spectrum obtained with FIRE T9 ± 0.5 dwarf

  17. Kinematics Distances estimated with the relations between absolute magnitude and spectral type considering single object and binarity. J + H band distances – 17-52 pc Y + mid-IR distances 13-23 pc Space motion suggesting it's a thick disk/halo candidate.

  18. Colours Comparison sample from Leggett et al. 2013 Peculiar Y-J and H-W2 colours

  19. Conclusions • We developed a new method to identify late T and Y dwarfs in the WISE database. • Identified 158 candidates, with 90% falling outside the K12 criteria in the lowest S/N sample • Discovery of a thick disk/halo candidate with spectral type T9 ± 0.5 Future work • Obtain a higher S/N spectrum of Candidate 2 and a spectrum for Candidate 1. • Obtain parallaxes measurements for the Candidate 2 in order to put better constraints on distance. • Continue the follow up campaign and assess the nature of other interesting candidates.

  20. THANK YOU!

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