A deep survey of brown dwarfs in Orion with Gemini

We report the results of a deep near-infrared (JHK) survey of the outer parts of the Trapezium Cluster with Gemini South/Flamingos. 396 sources were detected in a 26 arcmin 2 area, including 138 brown dwarf candidates, defined as M < 0.075 M ⊙ for an assumed age of 1 Myr. Only 33 of the brown...

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Autori principali: Lucas, P, Roche, P, Tamura, M
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2005