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2008AJ....135.2024A - Astron. J., 135, 2024-2032 (2008/June-0)

Spitzer/IRAC search for companions to nearby, young M dwarfs.

ALLEN P.R. and REID I.N.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the results of a survey of nearby, young M stars for wide low-mass companions with the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. We observed 40 young M dwarfs within 20 pc of the Sun, selected through X-ray emission criteria. A total of ten candidate companions were found with IRAC colors consistent with T dwarfs. Extensive ground-based NIR follow-up observations rejected all these candidates. Two additional candidates were discovered via common proper motion measurements, one of which was rejected as a background object and the other is a bona fide companion to GJ 2060, a member of the AB Doradus moving group.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: visual - stars: formation - stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs

Nomenclature: NAME GJ 2060 system.

Simbad objects: 55

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