Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-01-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
A summary of the Juvenile Ultracool Dwarfs splinter session, to be published in the proceedings of the Cool Stars 16 conferenc
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Juvenile ultracool dwarfs are late spectral type objects (later than ~M6) with ages between 10 Myr and several 100 Myr. Their age-related properties lie intermediate between very low mass objects in nearby star-forming regions (ages 1-5 Myr) and field stars and brown dwarfs that are members of the disk population (ages 1-5 Gyr). Kinematic associations of nearby young stars with ages from ~10-100 Myr provide sources for juvenile ultracool dwarfs. The lowest mass confirmed members of these groups are late-M dwarfs. Several apparently young L dwarfs and a few T dwarfs are known, but they have not been kinematically associated with any groups. Normalizing the field IMF to the high mass population of these groups suggests that more low mass (mainly late-M and possibly L dwarf) members have yet to be found. The lowest mass members of these groups, along with low mass companions to known young stars, provide benchmark objects with which spectroscopic age indicators for juvenile ultracool dwarfs can be calibrated and evaluated. In this proceeding, we summarize currently used methods for identifying juvenile ultracool dwarfs and discuss the appropriateness and reliability of the most commonly used age indicators.
Barman Travis
Cruz Kelle
Faherty Jacqueline K.
Looper Dagny
Malo Lison
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