Spectroscopic characterization of 78 DENIS ultracool dwarf candidates in the solar neighborhood and the Upper Scorpii OB association

Date

2010

Authors

Martin, E. L.
Phan-Bao, N
Bessell, Michael
Delfosse, X
Forveille, T
Magazzu, A
Reyle, Celine
Bouy, H
Tata, R

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Springer

Abstract

Aims. We search for new ultracool dwarfs and report here our observations of 78 ultracool dwarf candidates that have been photometrically selected using the DENIS survey point source catalogue. We analyze low-resolution optical spectroscopic observations

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Keywords: Brown dwarfs; Equivalent width; Low-mass; Molecular feature; New members; OB association; Optical spectroscopic; Photometric - techniques; Point sources; Proper motion; Solar neighborhood; Spectral indices; Spectral types; Spectroscopic characterization; Brown dwarfs; Proper motions; Stars: distances; Techniques: photometric; Techniques: spectroscopic

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Journal article

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