The luminosity and mass functions of low-mass stars in the galactic disk. I. the calibration region

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1778-1798

  Covey, Kevin R ^a   Hawley, Suzanne L ^b   Bochanski, John J ^b   West, Andrew A ^c   Read, I Neill ^d   Golimowski, David A ^e   Davenport, James R A ^f   Henry, Todd ^g   Uomoto, Alan ^h   Holtzman, Jon A ⁱ  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

ⁱ NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: stellar content; Stars: late type; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449096411     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/136/5/1778     Document Type: Article

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