JWST phase curves of ZTFJ0038+2030 show inefficient heat redistribution (<10%) and nightside CO2 asymmetry in a tidally locked brown dwarf, yielding a system age of 7.5-8.8 Gyr and low common-envelope ejection efficiency.
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J0404+1112 is a 2.93 hr period totally eclipsing WD+BD system with a hot DA white dwarf (T_eff ~28,000 K) and ~40 M_Jup brown dwarf, enabling isolation of nightside emission and serving as a JWST atmospheric benchmark.
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Asymmetric nightside CO2 features, inefficient heat transport, and precise evolutionary constraints: Spectroscopic phase curves reveal the past and present of a white dwarf-brown dwarf binary
JWST phase curves of ZTFJ0038+2030 show inefficient heat redistribution (<10%) and nightside CO2 asymmetry in a tidally locked brown dwarf, yielding a system age of 7.5-8.8 Gyr and low common-envelope ejection efficiency.
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J0404+1112: A 3-Hour Eclipsing White Dwarf-Brown Dwarf Probing Multiple Atmospheric Regimes
J0404+1112 is a 2.93 hr period totally eclipsing WD+BD system with a hot DA white dwarf (T_eff ~28,000 K) and ~40 M_Jup brown dwarf, enabling isolation of nightside emission and serving as a JWST atmospheric benchmark.