2MASS J06164006-6407194: THE FIRST OUTER HALO L SUBDWARF

We present the serendipitous discovery of an L subdwarf in the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) J06164006–6407194, in a search of the 2MASS for T dwarfs. Its spectrum exhibits features indicative of both a cool and metal poor atmosphere including a heavily pressure-broadened K I resonant doublet, C...

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Main Authors: Cushing, Michael C., Looper, Dagny L., Burgasser, Adam J., Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, Faherty, Jacqueline K., Cruz, Kelle L., Sweet, Anne, Sanderson, Robyn Ellyn
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Astronomical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52700
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-3297