A six-square-degree survey for Pleiades low-mass stars and brown dwarfs |
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| Authors: | D J Pinfield S T Hodgkin R F Jameson M R Cossburn N C Hambly N Devereux |
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| Institution: | Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester University, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH; Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ; Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ; Astronomy Department, New Mexico State University, MSC 30001, Box 4500, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA; Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA |
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| Abstract: | We present the results of a six-square-degree Pleiades survey in I and Z , which 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 proper motions and infrared photometry, and present 339 candidate cluster members, 30 of which are fainter than I KP=17.5, and are thus strong brown-dwarf candidates. |
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| Keywords: | surveys stars: low‐mass brown dwarfs open clusters and associations: individual: Pleiades |
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