A six-square-degree survey for Pleiades low-mass stars and brown dwarfs

Authors
Pinfield, DJ Hodgkin, ST Jameson, RF Cossburn, MR Hambly, NC Devereux, N
Citation
Dj. Pinfield et al., A six-square-degree survey for Pleiades low-mass stars and brown dwarfs, M NOT R AST, 313(2), 2000, pp. 347-363
Citations number
61
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00358711 → ACNP
Volume
313
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
347 - 363
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(20000401)313:2<347:ASSFPL>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We present the results of a six-square-degree Pleiades survey in I and Z, w hich is photometrically complete to approximately I-KP = 19.2 (I-Cou = 19.6 in the Pleiades). We remove non-cluster contamination on the basis of prop er motions and infrared photometry, and present 339 candidate cluster membe rs, 30 of which are fainter than I-KP = 17.5, and are thus strong brown-dwa rf candidates.