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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 676, Issue 2, Pages 1281-1306Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/524721
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stars : individual (2MASS J00521232+0012172; 2MASS J01040750-0053283, 2MASS J01262109+1428057; 2MASS J09175418+6028065, 2MASS J12144089+6316434; 2MASS J13243553+6358281, 2MASS J15461461+4932114); stars : low-mass, brown dwarfs; survey
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We report new L and T dwarfs found in a cross-match of the SDSS Data Release 1 and 2MASS. Our simultaneous search of the two databases effectively allows us to relax the criteria for object detection in either survey and to explore the combined databases to a greater completeness level. We find two new T dwarfs in addition to the 13 already known in the SDSSDR1 footprint. We also identify 22 new candidate and bona fide L dwarfs, including a new young L2 dwarf and a peculiar potentially metal-poor L2 dwarf with unusually blue near-IR colors. These discoveries underscore the utility of simultaneous database cross-correlation in searching for rare objects. Our cross-match completes the census of T dwarfs within the joint SDSS and 2MASS flux limits to the approximate to 97% level. Hence, we are able to accurately infer the space density of T dwarfs. We employ Monte Carlo tools to simulate the observed population of SDSS DR1 T dwarfs with 2MASS counterparts and find that the space density of T0 - T8 dwarf systems is 0.0070(-0.0030)(+0.0032) pc(-3) (95% confidence interval), i. e., about one per 140 pc(3). Compared to predictions for the T dwarf space density that depend on various assumptions for the substellar mass function, this result is most consistent with models that assume a flat substellar mass function dN/dM proportional to M-0.0. No > T8 dwarfs were discovered in the present cross-match, although less than one was expected in the limited area (2099 deg(2)) of SDSS DR1.
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