Identifying Ultra-Cool Dwarfs at Low Galactic Latitudes: A Southern Candidate Catalogue
S. L. Folkes, D. J. Pinfield, H. R. A. Jones, R. Kurtev, Z. Zhang, M. C. Gálvez-Ortiz, F. Marocco, A. C. Day-Jones, J. R. A. Clarke
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MNRAS accepted April 2012. Contains 30 figures and 11 tables. Tables 2 and 6 to be published in full and on-line only. The on-line tables can also be obtained by contacting the authors
We present an Ultra-Cool Dwarf (UCD) catalogue compiled from low southern Galactic latitudes and mid-plane, from a cross-correlation of the 2MASS and SuperCOSMOS surveys. The catalogue contains 246 members identified from 5042 sq. deg. within 220 deg. <= l <= 360 deg. and 0 deg. < l <= 30 deg., for |b| <= 15 deg. Sixteen candidates are spectroscopically confirmed in the near-IR as UCDs with spectral types from M7.5V to L9. Our catalogue selection method is presented enabling UCDs from ~M8V to the L-T transition to be selected down to a 2MASS limiting magnitude of Ks ~= 14.5 mag. This method does not require candidates to have optical detections for catalogue inclusion. An optimal set of optical/near-IR and reduced proper-motion selection criteria have been defined that includes: an Rf and Ivn photometric surface gravity test, a dual Rf-band variability check, and an additional photometric classification scheme to selectively limit contaminants. We identify four candidates as possible companions to nearby Hipparcos stars -- observations are needed to identify these as potential benchmark UCD companions. We also identify twelve UCDs within a possible distance 20 pc, three are previously unknown of which two are estimated within 10 pc, complimenting the nearby volume-limited census of UCDs. An analysis of the catalogue spatial completeness provides estimates for distance completeness over three UCD MJ ranges, while Monte-Carlo simulations provide an estimate of catalogue areal completeness at the 75 per cent level. We estimate a UCD space density of Rho (total) = (6.41+-3.01)x10^3/pc^3 over the range of 10.5 <= MJ ~< 14.9, similar to values measured at higher Galactic latitudes (|b| ~> 10 deg.) in the field population and obtained from more robust spectroscopically confirmed UCD samples.
Polarity Reversal of the Polar Magnetic Fields in Solar Cycle 25
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院国家天文台）；University of Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院大学）；China Meteorological Administration（中国气象局）；Innovation Center for FengYun Meteorological Satellite（风云气象卫星创新中心）
Doppler imaging combined with high-cadence photometry. I. Revisiting the surface of a pre-main-sequence flare star
Kyoto University（京都大学）；Ankara University（安卡拉大学）；Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung（马克斯·普朗克太阳系研究所）；Hitotsubashi University（一桥大学）；The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University（京都大学哈库比高级研究中心）；NASA Goddard Space Flight Center（美国国家航空航天局戈达德太空飞行中心）；The Catholic University of America（美利坚天主教大学）；National Astronomical Observatory of Japan（日本国立天文台）；Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory, University of Hyogo（兵库县立西播磨天文台）
The Blanco DECam Bulge Survey (BDBS) VIII: Chemo-kinematics in the southern Galactic bulge from 2.3 million red clump stars with Gaia DR3 proper motions
