Brown dwarf populations in open clusters
(2002) In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 333. p.547-560- Abstract
- 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... (More)
- 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. (Less)
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- author
- Adams, T. ; Davies, Melvyn B LU ; Jameson, R.F. and Scally, A.
- publishing date
- 2002
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- open clusters and associations: individual: Pleiades, stars: low-mass, binaries: general, open clusters and associations: general, brown dwarfs
- in
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- volume
- 333
- pages
- 547 - 560
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0000546498
- ISSN
- 1365-2966
- language
- English
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- no
- id
- 50d7512e-76b9-4ddb-8699-115886ff9e36 (old id 761398)
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- http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/abs/2002MNRAS.333..547A
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publisher = {{Oxford University Press}},
series = {{Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}},
title = {{Brown dwarf populations in open clusters}},
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