The luminosity function of very low mass stars

Details The luminosity function of very low mass stars The luminosity function of very low mass stars

Jan 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apj...252l..69p&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 252, Jan. 15, 1982, p. L69-L72.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

39

Binary Stars, Infrared Astronomy, Late Stars, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass, White Dwarf Stars, Milky Way Galaxy, Stellar Spectrophotometry

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An IR search for very low-mass stars in binary systems having white dwarf primaries, designed to be complete to M(v) values of about 20.7, indicates that the initial luminosity function declines steeply for M(v) values greater than 14. In addition, the total mass in stars with values in the 16-21 range is less than about 0.005 solar masses/cu pc in the solar neighborhood. It seems unlikely that very low-mass stars make a significant contribution to either the disk or the massive halo component masses of the Galaxy.

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