Purple dwarfs: New L subdwarfs from UKIDSS and SDSS

oleh: Marocco F., Day-Jones A.C., Jones H.R.A., Burningham B., Pinfield D.J., Zhang Z.H., Gomes J., Galvez-Ortiz M.C.

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: EDP Sciences 2013-04-01

Deskripsi

The first L subdwarf was a discovered only ten years ago. Less than ten L subdwarfs been published in the literature to date. Metal-poor ultracool atmospheres has not been well understood. Halo mass function cross substellar limit has not been measured. We used UKIDSS and SDSS to search for L subdwarfs. We have confirmed some new L subdwarfs and are following up more candidates with ground based large telescopes. We discussed spectral features of L subdwarfs and halo brown dwarfs.