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astro-ph2002
The lower mass function of young open clusters
J. Bouvier, E. Moraux, J. R. Stauffer +2
We report new estimates for the lower mass function of 5 young open clusters spanning an age range from 80 to 150 Myr. In all studied clusters, the mass function across the stellar…
astro-ph2002
The Brown Dwarf Deficit in Taurus: Evidence for a Non-Universal IMF
Cesar Briceno, Kevin Luhman, Lee Hartmann +2
We present the results of a deep, optical/IR wide field imaging survey of selected fields in the nearby (d ~ 140 pc) Taurus star-forming region. We report the discovery of 9 new me…