Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-12-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 eps figures, accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20011778
We report on the analysis of 2MASS near-infrared data of a sample of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in the sigma Orionis cluster. Youth and cluster membership have been spectroscopically confirmed using the Li I spectral line. We find little evidence in the JHKs colour-colour diagram for near-infrared excess emission for these cluster members. By comparison with model expectations, at most 2 out of 34 stars show (H-K) colour consistent with a near-infrared excess. This scarcity of near-infrared signatures of circumstellar disks in the lower-mass and substellar regimes of this cluster contrasts with findings in younger clusters, hinting at an age dependence of the disk frequency. Taking into account the apparent cluster age, our result supports the idea of a relatively fast (few Myr) disk dissipation and extends this conclusion to the substellar regime. We also find some evidence that, in this cluster, the disk frequency as measured by the Ks-band excess may be mass dependent.
Jeffries Robin D.
Kenyon M. J.
Naylor Tim
Oliveira Maria Joao
Thompson Adam S.
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