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The mass function of the Coma Berenices open cluster below 0.2 <i>M</i><sub>⊙</sub>: a search for low-mass stellar and substellar members

S. MelnikovThüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, 07778 Tautenburg, GermanyJ. EislöffelThüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, 07778 Tautenburg, Germany

Astronomy and Astrophysicsjournal2012en

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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.

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Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astro and Planetary Science

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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219314

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