1. Ultracool dwarfs in Gaia DR3
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L. M. Sarro, A. Berihuete, R. L. Smart, C. Reylé, D. Barrado, M. García-Torres, W. J. Cooper, H. R. A. Jones, F. Marocco, O. L. Creevey, R. Sordo, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, P. Montegriffo, R. Carballo, R. Andrae, M. Fouesneau, A. C. Lanzafame, F. Pailler, F. Thévenin, A. Lobel, L. Delchambre, A. J. Korn, A. Recio-Blanco, M. S. Schultheis, F. De Angeli, N. Brouillet, L. Casamiquela, G. Contursi, P. de Laverny, P. García-Lario, G. Kordopatis, Y. Lebreton, E. Livanou, A. Lorca, P. A. Palicio, I. Slezak-Oreshina, C. Soubiran, A. Ulla, H. Zhao, University of Cadiz, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), OSU-THETA - Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers - Terre Homme Environnement Temps Astronomie (OSU-THETA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Centre for Astrophysics Research [Hatfield], University of Hertfordshire [Hatfield] (UH), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Konigstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany, Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Royal Observatory of Belgium [Brussels] (ROB), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), and Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) ,stars ,pre-main sequence ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,methods ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi ,Space and Planetary Science ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,low-mass ,Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams ,Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology ,late-type ,statistical ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) ,Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,brown dwarfs - Abstract
Aims. In this work we use the Gaia DR3 set of ultracool dwarf candidates and complement the Gaia spectrophotometry with additional photometry in order to characterise its global properties. This includes the inference of the distances, their locus in the Gaia colour-absolute magnitude diagram and the (biased through selection) luminosity function in the faint end of the Main Sequence. We study the overall changes in the Gaia RP spectra as a function of spectral type. We study the UCDs in binary systems, attempt to identify low-mass members of nearby young associations, star forming regions and clusters, and analyse their variability properties. Results. We detect 57 young, kinematically homogeneous groups some of which are identified as well known star forming regions, associations and clusters of different ages. We find that the primary members of 880 binary systems with a UCD belong mainly to the thin and thick disk components of the Milky Way. We identify 1109 variable UCDs using the variability tables in the Gaia archive, 728 of which belong to the star forming regions defined by HMAC. We define two groups of variable UCDs with extreme bright or faint outliers. Conclusions. The set of sources identified as UCDs in the Gaia archive contains a wealth of information that will require focused follow-up studies and observations. It will help to advance our understanding of the nature of the faint end of the Main Sequence and the stellar/substellar transition., Accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics. 29 pages, 20 figures plus 3 appendices
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- 2023
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