J A Hitchcock
Large-scale changes of the cloud coverage in the e Indi Ba,Bb system
Hitchcock, J A; Helling, Ch; Scholz, A; Hodosan, G; Dominik, M; Hundertmark, M; Jørgensen, U G; Longa-Peña, P; Sajadian, S; Skottfelt, J; Snodgrass, C; Bozza, V; Burgdorf, M J; Campbell-White, J; Figuera Jaimes, Roberto; Fujii, Y I; Haikala, L K; Henning, T; Hinse, T C; Lowry, S; Mancini, L; Rahvar, S; Rabus, M; Southworth, J; von Essen, C; Collaboration, The MiNDSTEp
Authors
Ch Helling
A Scholz
G Hodosan
M Dominik
M Hundertmark
U G Jørgensen
P Longa-Peña
S Sajadian
J Skottfelt
C Snodgrass
V Bozza
M J Burgdorf
J Campbell-White
Roberto Figuera Jaimes
Y I Fujii
L K Haikala
T Henning
T C Hinse
S Lowry
L Mancini
S Rahvar
M Rabus
Dr John Taylor j.k.taylor@keele.ac.uk
C von Essen
The MiNDSTEp Collaboration
Abstract
We present the results of 14 nights of I-band photometric monitoring of the nearby brown dwarf binary, e Indi Ba,Bb. Observations were acquired over 2 months, and total close to 42 hours of coverage at a typically high cadence of 1.4 minutes. At a separation of just 0.7?, we do not resolve the individual components, and so effectively treat the binary as if it were a single object. However, e Indi Ba (spectral type T1) is the brightest known T-type brown dwarf, and is expected to dominate the photometric signal. We typically find no strong variability associated with the target during each individual night of observing, but see significant changes in mean brightness - by as much as 0.10 magnitudes - over the 2 months of the campaign. This strong variation is apparent on a timescale of at least 2 days. We detect no clear periodic signature, which suggests we may be observing the T1 brown dwarf almost pole-on, and the days-long variability in mean brightness is caused by changes in the large-scale structure of the cloud coverage. Dynamic clouds will very likely produce lightning, and complementary high cadence V-band and Ha images were acquired to search for the emission signatures associated with stochastic ‘strikes’. We report no positive detections for the target in either of these passbands.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 6, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | May 18, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020-07 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 495 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 3881-3899 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1344 |
Keywords | techniques: photometric, brown dwarfs, stars: individual: ? Indi Ba and Bb |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1344 |
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