M dwarfs in the b201 tile of the VVV survey: Colour-based Selection, Spectral Types and Light Curves

Bárbara Rojas-Ayala, Daniela Iglesias, Dante Minniti +2

The intrinsically faint M dwarfs are the most numerous stars in the Galaxy, have main-sequence lifetimes longer than the Hubble time, and host some of the most interesting planetar…