The sigma Orionis substellar population. VLT/FORS spectroscopy and 2MASS photometry

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Jun 2003

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.404, p.171-185 (2003)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Open Clusters And Associations: Individual: Sigma Orionis, Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs

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VLT/FORS spectroscopy and 2MASS near-infrared photometry, together with previously known data, have been used to establish the membership and the properties of a sample of low-mass candidate members of the sigma Orionis cluster with masses spanning from 1 Msun down to about 0.013 Msun (i.e., deuterium-burning mass limit). We have observed K-band infrared excess and remarkably intense Hα emission in various cluster members, which, in addition to the previously detected forbidden emision lines and the presence of Li I in absorption at 6708 Å, have allowed us to tentatively classify sigma Orionis members as classical or weak-line T Tauri stars and substellar analogs. Variability of the Hα line has been investigated and detected in some objects. Based on the K-band infrared excesses and the intensity of Hα emission, we estimate that the minimum disk frequency of the sigma Orionis low-mass population is in the range 5-12%.
These observations were collected at the VLT of the European Southern Observatories.
Table 2 is only available in electronic form at http://www.edpsciences.org

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