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蛇夫座ρ分子云的低质量粒子数

The low-mass population of the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud

C. Alves de Oliveira, E. Moraux, J. Bouvier, H. Bouy, C. Marmo, L. Albert

摘要:

恒星形成理论目前在支配亚恒星区域的基本物理过程方面存在分歧。对附近年轻疏散星团的观测使褐矮星(BD)的数量能够被描述为行星质量,这最终必须被一个成功的理论所适应。我们希望能够揭示Rho Ophiuchi分子云的低质量人口,并研究新发现的棕矮星的性质。我们使用近红外深的图像(达到约20.5 mag的J,18.9 mag的H和Ks的完整性限制)与宽视场红外相机(WIRCam)在加拿大法国夏威夷望远镜(CFHT),以确定候选成员的Rho Oph在亚恒星制度。一个小样本的候选人的光谱跟踪,使我们能够评估他们的光谱类型,随后他们的温度和成员。我们选择了110个候选成员的Rho蛇夫座分子云,其中80个以前没有与云。我们观察了其中的一小部分样本,并通过光谱确认了六颗新的褐矮星,光谱类型从M6.5到M8.25不等。

英文摘要:

Star formation theories are currently divergent regarding the fundamental physical processes that dominate the substellar regime. Observations of nearby young open clusters allow the brown dwarf (BD) population to be characterised down to the planetary mass regime, which ultimately must be accommodated by a successful theory. We hope to uncover the low-mass population of the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud and investigate the properties of the newly found brown dwarfs. We use near-IR deep images (reaching completeness limits of approximately 20.5 mag in J, and 18.9 mag in H and Ks) taken with the Wide Field IR Camera (WIRCam) at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) to identify candidate members of Rho Oph in the substellar regime. A spectroscopic follow-up of a small sample of the candidates allows us to assess their spectral type, and subsequently their temperature and membership. We select 110 candidate members of the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud, from which 80 have not previously been associated with the cloud. We observed a small sample of these and spectroscopically confirm six new brown dwarfs with spectral types ranging from M6.5 to M8.25.

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