Probing the Upper Scorpius mass function in the planetary-mass regime★
| Autor: | Nigel Hambly, Mike Read, David J. E. Floyd, R. Blake, Nicholas Cross, Nicolas Lodieu, Paul Dobbie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 435:2474-2482 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 0035-8711 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stt1460 |
| Popis: | We present the results of a deep ZYJ near-infrared survey of 13.5 square degrees in the Upper Scorpius (USco) OB association. We photometrically selected ~100 cluster member candidates with masses in the range 30-5 Jupiters, according to state-of-the-art evolutionary models. We identified 67 ZYJ candidates as bona-fide members, based on complementary photometry and astrometry. We also extracted five candidates detected with VISTA at YJ-only. One is excluded using deep optical z-band imaging, while two are likely non-members, and three remain as potential members. We conclude that the USco mass function is more likely decreasing in the planetary-mass regime (although a flat mass function cannot yet be discarded), consistent with surveys in other regions. Comment: Accepted by MNRAS, 10 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables (2 electronic tables). New version with updated figure3 where the (Z-J,Z) colour-magnitude diagram is included |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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