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The BT-Settl Model Atmospheres for Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Planets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

F. Allard*
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, UMR 5574, CNRS, Université de Lyon, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, F-69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We present a grid of stellar and substellar atmosphere models covering the range from solar-mass stars to the latest-type T and Y dwarfs with a single setup. For the first time our synthetic spectra and photometry reproduce the formation of clouds and in particular their clearing at the L/T transition. The BT-Settl models also naturally explain the dustier infrared properties of planets as an effect of low surface gravity.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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