T dwarf population revealed by WISE

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We report the discovery of 87 new T dwarfs uncovered with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and 3 brown dwarfs with extremely red near-infrared colors that exhibit characteristics of both L and T dwarfs. Two of the new T dwarfs are likely binaries with L7+/-1 primaries and mid-type T secondaries. In addition, our follow-up program has confirmed 10 previously identified T dwarfs and 4 photometrically selected L and T dwarf candidates in the literature. This sample, along with the previous WISE discoveries, triples the number of known brown dwarfs with spectral types later than T5. Using the WISE All-Sky Source Catalog we present updated color-color and color-type diagrams for all the WISE-discovered T and Y dwarfs. Near-infrared spectra of the new discoveries are presented along with spectral classifications.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/205/6/table1 (Updated WISE All-Sky Photometry for discoveries from Kirkpatrick et al. (2011, Cat. J/ApJS/197/19))

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/205/6/table2 (WISE All-Sky Photometry for brown dwarf discoveries from this paper)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/205/6/interlop (Interloper sources: WISE, Spitzer and near-IR spectroscopy)

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.22050006
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Provenance
Creator Mace G.N.; Kirkpatrick J.D.; Cushing M.C.; Gelino C.R.; Griffith R.L.,Skrutskie M.F.; Marsh K.A.; Wright E.L.; Eisenhardt P.R.; McLean I.S.,Thompson M.A.; Mix K.; Bailey V.; Beichman C.A.; Bloom J.S.; Burgasser A.J.,Fortney J.J.; Hinz P.M.; Knox R.P.; Lowrance P.J.; Marley M.S.; Morley C.V.,Rodigas T.J.; Saumon D.; Sheppard S.S.; Stock N.D.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2013
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy