A population of very young brown dwarfs and free-floating planets in Orion
We describe the results of a very deep imaging survey of the Trapezium cluster in the IJH bands, using the UKIRT high-resolution camera UFTI. Approximately 32 per cent of the 515 point sources detected are brown dwarf candidates, including several free-floating objects with masses below the deuteriu...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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