2015ApJ...799..192W


Query : 2015ApJ...799..192W

2015ApJ...799..192W - Astrophys. J., 799, 192 (2015/February-1)

Simultaneous multiwavelength observations of magnetic activity in ultracool dwarfs. IV. The active, young binary NLTT 33370 AB (= 2MASS J13142039+1320011).

WILLIAMS P.K.G., BERGER E., IRWIN J., BERTA-THOMPSON Z.K. and CHARBONNEAU D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present multi-epoch simultaneous radio, optical, Hα, UV, and X-ray observations of the active, young, low-mass binary NLTT 33370 AB (blended spectral type M7e). This system is remarkable for its extreme levels of magnetic activity: it is the most radio-luminous ultracool dwarf (UCD) known, and here we show that it is also one of the most X-ray luminous UCDs known. We detect the system in all bands and find a complex phenomenology of both flaring and periodic variability. Analysis of the optical light curve reveals the simultaneous presence of two periodicities, 3.7859±0.0001 and 3.7130±0.0002 hr. While these differ by only ∼2%, studies of differential rotation in the UCD regime suggest that it cannot be responsible for the two signals. The system's radio emission consists of at least three components: rapid 100% polarized flares, bright emission modulating periodically in phase with the optical emission, and an additional periodic component that appears only in the 2013 observational campaign. We interpret the last of these as a gyrosynchrotron feature associated with large-scale magnetic fields and a cool, equatorial plasma torus. However, the persistent rapid flares at all rotational phases imply that small-scale magnetic loops are also present and reconnect nearly continuously. We present a spectral energy distribution of the blended system spanning more than 9 orders of magnitude in wavelength. The significant magnetism present in NLTT 33370 AB will affect its fundamental parameters, with the components' radii and temperatures potentially altered by ~+20% and ~-10%, respectively. Finally, we suggest spatially resolved observations that could clarify many aspects of this system's nature.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: activity - stars: individual: NLTT 33370 - stars: low-mass

Simbad objects: 14

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Number of rows : 14
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 G 272-61A PM* 01 39 01.3772561114 -17 57 02.587471791           M5.5V 143 0
2 LP 412-31 LM* 03 20 59.7114769400 +18 54 22.770750621   20.5 18.881 16.904 14.484 M8V 130 0
3 LP 944-20 LM* 03 39 35.2523500210 -35 25 43.641996333     18.69 16.39 13.288 M9.5Ve 308 0
4 2XMM J043527.2-144301 * 04 35 27.2522095440 -14 43 01.673785488           M8.0-M8.5 4 0
5 2MASS J05181131-3101529 LM* 05 18 11.3250403344 -31 01 52.898696364     17.74   14.17 M6.5 13 0
6 NAME AB Dor Moving Group MGr 06 38 53.4 -42 50 04           ~ 540 0
7 NAME Kelu-1 BD* 13 05 40.1642434199 -25 41 05.712165150         16.85 L2+L3.5 267 0
8 QSO B1307+121 BLL 13 09 33.93245274 +11 54 24.5530422 18.95 18.72 18.28 18.16   ~ 158 1
9 LP 497-33 ** 13 14 20.376648 +13 20 01.00608   16.8 15.83 14.9 11.94 M6.0V 84 0
10 3C 286 Sy1 13 31 08.2883506368 +30 30 32.960091564   17.51 17.25     ~ 4558 2
11 TVLM 513-46 BD* 15 01 08.1864639648 +22 50 02.137869060   21.4 15.09 18.0   M8.5V 189 0
12 LSR J1835+3259 PM* 18 35 37.8801226673 +32 59 53.316099140   20.0   17.1   M8.5V 160 0
13 V* V374 Peg PM* 22 01 13.1241989539 +28 18 24.907312662       11.602   M3.5Ve 259 0
14 V* EV Lac PM* 22 46 49.7312610268 +44 20 02.374381562   11.85 10.26 9.89   M4.0Ve 993 2

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