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A Universal Spin-Mass Relation for Brown Dwarfs and Planets

The Astrophysical journal, 2018-06, Vol.859 (2), p.153 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. ;Copyright IOP Publishing Jun 01, 2018 ;ISSN: 0004-637X ;EISSN: 1538-4357 ;DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aabfbe

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  • Title:
    A Universal Spin-Mass Relation for Brown Dwarfs and Planets
  • Author: Scholz, Aleks ; Moore, Keavin ; Jayawardhana, Ray ; Aigrain, Suzanne ; Peterson, Dawn ; Stelzer, Beate
  • Subjects: Angular momentum ; Astrophysics ; Brake disks ; Braking ; Brown dwarf stars ; brown dwarfs ; Conservation ; Extrasolar planets ; Gaussian process ; Light curve ; Planets ; planets and satellites: formation ; protoplanetary disks ; Rotation ; Solar system ; Star formation ; stars: rotation
  • Is Part Of: The Astrophysical journal, 2018-06, Vol.859 (2), p.153
  • Description: While brown dwarfs show similarities to stars early in their lives, their spin evolutions are much more akin to those of planets. We have used light curves from the K2 mission to measure new rotation periods for 18 young brown dwarfs in the Taurus star-forming region. Our sample spans masses from 0.02 to 0.08 M and has been characterized extensively in the past. To search for periods, we utilize three different methods (autocorrelation, periodogram, Gaussian processes). The median period for brown dwarfs with disks is twice as long as for those without (3.1 versus 1.6 days), a signature of rotational braking by the disk, albeit with small numbers. With an overall median period of 1.9 days, brown dwarfs in Taurus rotate slower than their counterparts in somewhat older (3-10 Myr) star-forming regions, consistent with spin-up of the latter due to contraction and angular momentum conservation, a clear sign that disk braking overall is inefficient and/or temporary in this mass domain. We confirm the presence of a linear increase of the typical rotation period as a function of mass in the substellar regime. The rotational velocities, when calculated forward to the age of the solar system, assuming angular momentum conservation, fit the known spin-mass relation for solar system planets and extra-solar planetary-mass objects. This spin-mass trend holds over six orders of magnitude in mass, including objects from several different formation paths. Our result implies that brown dwarfs by and large retain their primordial angular momentum through the first few Myr of their evolution.
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: The American Astronomical Society
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0004-637X
    EISSN: 1538-4357
    DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aabfbe
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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