The mass function of the Coma Berenices open cluster below 0.2 M: a search for low-mass stellar and substellar members

Author: Melnikov S.   Eislöffel J.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|544|issue|A111-A111

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.544, Iss.issue, 2012-08, pp. : A111-A111

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Abstract

Context. Little is known about the population of the Coma Berenices open cluster (age  ~ 500 Myr) below 0.2 M, and statistics show that there is a prominent deficit of very low-mass objects in this mass range compared to younger open clusters with ages of  < 250 Myr.