Understanding Fundamental Properties and Atmospheric Features of Subdwarfs via a Case Study of SDSS J125637.13-022452.4

Abstract

We present the distance-calibrated spectral energy distribution (SED) of the sdL3.5 subdwarf SDSS J125637.13-022452.4 (J1256-0224) using its Gaia parallax and its resultant bolometric luminosity and semi-empirical fundamental parameters, as well as updated UVW velocities. The SED of J1256-0224 is compared to field-age and low-gravity dwarfs of the same effective temperature (Teff) and bolometric luminosity. In the former comparison, we find that the SED of J1256-0224 is brighter than the field source in the optical, but dims in comparison beyond the J-band, where it becomes fainter than the field from the H through W2 bands. Compared to the young source, its fainter at all wavelengths. We conclude that J1256-0224 is depleted of condensates compared to both objects. A near infrared band-by-band analysis of the spectral features of J1256-0224 is done and is compared to the equivalent Teff sample. From this analysis, we find a peculiar behavior of the J-band K I doublets whereby the 1.17 micron doublet is stronger than the field or young source as expected, while the 1.25 micron doublet shows indications of low gravity. In examining a sample of 4 other subdwarfs with comparable data we confirm this trend across different subtypes indicating that the 1.25 micron doublet is a poor indicator of gravity for low metallicity objects. In the K-band analysis of J1256-0224 we detect the 2.29 micron CO line of J1256-0224, previously unseen in the low-resolution SpeX data. We also present fundamental parameters using Gaia parallaxes for 9 additional subdwarfs with spectral types M7 - L7 for comparison. The 10 subdwarfs are placed in a temperature sequence and we find a poor linear correlation with spectral type. We present polynomial relations for absolute magnitude in JHKW1W2, effective temperature, and bolometric luminosity versus spectral type for subdwarfs.

arXiv comment24 pages, 14 figures, submitted to ApJ 2/1/2018, accepted 7/12/2018

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