NIR spectra of 2 extreme T-type subdwarfs

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We present the discoveries of WISEAJ041451.67-585456.7 and WISEAJ181006.18-101000.5, two low-temperature (1200-1400K), high proper motion T-type subdwarfs. Both objects were discovered via their high proper motion (>0.5yr^-1^); WISEA J181006.18-101000.5 as part of the NEOWISE proper motion survey and WISEA J041451.67-585456.7 as part of the citizen science project Backyard Worlds; Planet 9. We have confirmed both as brown dwarfs with follow-up near-infrared spectroscopy. Their spectra and near-infrared colors are unique among known brown dwarfs, with some colors consistent with L-type brown dwarfs and other colors resembling those of the latest-type T dwarfs. While no forward model consistently reproduces the features seen in their near-infrared spectra, the closest matches suggest very low metallicities ([Fe/H]<=-1), making these objects likely the first examples of extreme subdwarfs of the T spectral class (esdT). WISEAJ041451.67-585456.7 and WISEA J181006.18-101000.5 are found to be part of a small population of objects that occupy the "substellar transition zone", and have the lowest masses and effective temperatures of all objects in this group.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18980077
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Provenance
Creator Schneider A.C.; Burgasser A.J.; Gerasimov R.; Marocco F.; Gagne J.,Goodman S.; Beaulieu P.; Pendrill W.; Rothermich A.; Sainio A.,Kuchner M.J.; Caselden D.; Meisner A.M.; Faherty J.K.; Mamajek E.E.,Hsu C.-C.; Greco J.J.; Cushing M.C.; Kirkpatrick J.D.,Bardalez-Gagliuffi D.; Logsdon S.E.; Allers K.; Debes J.H.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2021
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy