First detection of a low-mass stellar halo around the young open cluster η Chamaeleontis

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2010

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Murphy, Simon
Lawson, Warrick Andrew
Bessell, Michael

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We have identified several lithium-rich low-mass (0.08 < M < 0.3 M⊙) stars within 5°5 of the young open cluster η Chamaeleontis, nearly four times the radius of previous search efforts. Of these stars, we propose four new probable cluster members and

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Keywords: Open clusters and associations: individual: ? Chamaeleontis; Stars: kinematics and dynamics; Stars: pre-main sequence

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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2037-12-31