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Uniform Forward-modeling Analysis of Ultracool Dwarfs. IV. Benchmarking the Sonora Diamondback and D. Saumon & M. S. Marley (2008) Atmospheric Models Across Late M, L, and T Types with Low-resolution 0.8–2.5 μm Spectroscopy
Emily Mader et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 171 .
Caption: Figure 10.
Our best-fit effective temperatures for young (<300 Myr; blue) and old (≥300 Myr; orange) benchmarks based on the Sonora Diamondback models (left) and the SM08 models (right). The empirical Teff–spectral type relation established for young and field-age objects by A. Sanghi et al. (2023) is shown as dashed and solid lines, respectively. Spectral fitting results from D. C. Stephens et al. (2009) are overlaid as open black circles. For targets with identical spectral types and best-fit Teff values, data points are slightly offset toward the upper right in these panels.
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