Radio Constraints on Activity in Young Brown Dwarfs

Abstract

We report on searches for radio emission from three of the nearest known young brown dwarfs using the Very Large Array. We have obtained sensitive upper limits on 3.6cm emission from 2MASSW J1207334-393254, TWA~5B and SSSPM J1102-3431, all of which are likely members of the $\sim$8-Myr-old TW Hydrae association. We derive constraints on the magnetic field strength and the number density of accelerated electrons, under the assumption that young brown dwarf atmospheres are able to produce gyrosynchrotron emission, as seems to be indicated in older brown dwarfs. For the young brown dwarf TWA~5B, the ratio of its detected X-ray luminosity to the upper limit on radio luminosity places it within the expected range for young stars and older, active stars. Thus, its behavior is anomalous compared to older brown dwarfs, in which radio luminosity is substantially enhanced over the expected relationship. Our observations deepen the conundrum of magnetic activity in brown dwarfs, and suggest that a factor other than age is more important for determining radio emission in cool substellar objects.

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