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Brown dwarf populations in open clusters

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

We present the results of multiple simulations of open clusters, modelling the dynamics of a population of brown dwarf members. We consider the effects of a large range of primordial binary populations, including the possibilities of having brown dwarf members contained within a binary system. We also examine the effects of various cluster diameters and masses. Our examination of a population of wide binary systems containing brown dwarfs, reveals evidence for exchange reactions whereby the brown dwarf is ejected from the system and replaced by a heavier main-sequence star. We find that there exists the possibility of hiding a large fraction of the brown dwarfs contained within the primordial binary population. We conclude that it is probable that the majority of brown dwarfs are contained within primordial binary systems which then hides a large proportion of them from detection.

Publiceringsår

2002

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

547-560

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volym

333

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Oxford University Press

Ämne

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Nyckelord

  • open clusters and associations: individual: Pleiades
  • stars: low-mass
  • binaries: general
  • open clusters and associations: general
  • brown dwarfs

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1365-2966