Purple dwarfs: New L subdwarfs from UKIDSS and SDSS

Zhang, Z. H.; Pinfield, D. J.; Burningham, B.; Jones, H. R. A.; Day-Jones, A. C.; Marocco, F.; Gomes, J.; Galvez-Ortiz, M. C.
Bibliographical reference

Hot Planets and Cool Stars, Garching, Germany, Edited by Roberto Saglia; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 47, id.06007

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2013
Number of authors
8
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0
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2
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2
Description
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 subdwarfs. We have confirmed some new L subdwarfs and are following up more candidates with ground based large telescopes. We discussed spectral features of L subdwarfs and halo brown dwarfs.