Testing the fragmentation limit in the Upper Sco association

Details Testing the fragmentation limit in the Upper Sco association Testing the fragmentation limit in the Upper Sco association

2011-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/1108.4783v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

16 pages, 6 figures, 9 tables, Accepted to MNRAS

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We present the results of a deep (J ~ 21 mag at 5 sigma) infrared photometric survey of a 0.95 square degree area in the central region of the Upper Sco association. The photometric observations consist of a deep (Y+J)-band images obtained with the WFCAM camera on the UKIRT InfraRed Telescope (UKIRT) with partly coverage in Z complemented by methane ON and OFF conducted with WIRCam on the Canada France Hawaii Telescope. We have selected five potential T-type objects belonging to the Upper Sco association on the basis of their blue methane colours and their J-CH4off colours. We have also identified a sample of 7-8 Upper Sco member candidates bridging the gap between known cluster M-types and our new T-type candidates. These candidates were selected based on their positions in various colour-magnitude diagrams and they follow the sequence of known Upper Sco members identified in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Galactic Clusters Survey (GCS). We present additional membership constraints using proper motion estimates from the multiple epochs available to us. We also present optical and near-infrared spectra obtained with the X--Shooter spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope for five L-type candidates covering the 0.6 to 2.5 micron wavelength range, none of them being confirmed as a young brown dwarf. We discuss the lack of detection of new candidate members as well as the possible turn down in the USco mass function as we are approaching the fragmentation limit.

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