2021RNAAS...5..286L

Recent studies using volume-limited samples of brown dwarfs have revealed the photometric evolution of single L and T dwarfs and unresolved binaries as they age and cool, in particular as they transition from L to T spectral types. We demonstrate that the near-infrared photometric evolution of the resolved components of L and T dwarf binaries is consistent with that of single objects using a volume-limited sample. In addition, we provide supporting evidence that the L9 dwarf WISE J185101.83+593508.6 is an unresolved binary and identify three more candidate or confirmed unresolved binaries all from being overluminous for their spectral type. We calculate a new binary fraction of 13.1% ± 1.8% for L0-T8 dwarfs.