Purple dwarfs: New L subdwarfs from UKIDSS and SDSS

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 subdwa...

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Main Authors: 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
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-04-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134706007