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H- and K-Band Spectra of Brown Dwarf Candidates in the Core of the ? Ophiuchi Molecular Cloud Complex
We present low-resolution H- and K-band spectra of 14 brown dwarfcandidates located in the core of the ? Ophiuchi molecular cloudcomplex. Half of the spectra exhibit broad water absorption bandscharacteristic of M stars, while half of the spectra are featureless. Wederive spectral types and effective temperatures for the sevencandidates whose spectra exhibit water absorption bands by comparing thestrength of these bands with those of standard M dwarf stars. Weestimate their masses by first combining the spectral types withpublished near-infrared photometry to estimate bolometric luminositiesand then by comparing their positions in a Hertzsprung-Russell diagramwith theoretical evolutionary tracks and isochrones. The masses of fourof the candidates lie below the substellar limit when the errors intheir effective temperatures and bolometric luminosities are considered,while the remaining three candidates have masses on thestellar-substellar border. We find our mass estimates to be consistentwith those determined using near-infrared photometry alone. The derivedages of three candidates are considerably older than the previouslydetermined age of the embedded cluster. If these objects are members ofthe cluster, then they may belong to an older and previouslyunrecognized population of the ? Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex.
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| Four-colour and H-beta photometry for early type stars in three southern galactic regions
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| Constellation: | Scorpion |
| Right ascension: | 15h50m02.10s |
| Declination: | -25°24'35.5" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.741 |
| Distance: | 262.467 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -11.8 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -20.5 |
| B-T magnitude: | 8.963 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.76 |
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