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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 7.
Best-fit sedimentation efficiency fsed derived from the Sonora Diamondback (top) and SM08 (bottom) model grids for our benchmark targets, with old (≥300 Myr) and young (<300 Myr) objects shown in red and blue, respectively. Although the “nc” models correspond to fsed → ∞, we plot them at a value of 18 for visualization. For targets with identical spectral types and best-fit fsed values, data points are slightly offset toward the upper right in these panels.
© 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.