The BT-Settl Model Atmospheres for Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Planets
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2014IAUS..299..271A
- Keywords:
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- brown dwarfs;
- planets;
- clouds;
- etc