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Cloud Driven Variability on Young Brown Dwarfs and Giant Exoplanets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

Beth Biller
Beth Biller*
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Variability has now been robustly observed in a range of L and T type field brown dwarfs, primarily at near-IR and mid-IR wavelengths. The probable cause of this variability is surface inhomogeneities in the clouds of these objects, causing a semi-periodic variability signal when combined with the rotational modulation from the 3-12 hour period expected for these objects. Variability at similar or even higher amplitudes may be expected for young brown dwarfs and giant exoplanets, which share similar Teff as field brown dwarfs, but have considerably lower surface gravities. Variability studies of these objects relative to old field objects is then a direct probe of the effects of surface gravity on atmospheric structure. Here I discuss ongoing efforts to detect variability from these young objects, both for free-floating objects and companions to stars, including preliminary results from an ongoing survey of young, low surface gravity objects with NTT SOFI.

Keywords

infrared: planetary systems(stars:) brown dwarfsplanets and satellites: atmospheres
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S314: Young Stars & Planets Near the Sun , November 2015 , pp. 99 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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