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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, (396), p. 173, 1992

DOI: 10.1086/171707

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The faintest stars

Journal article published in 1992 by C. G. Tinney ORCID, J. R. Mould, I. N. Reid
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

A determination of the luminosity and mass functions is given for field stars at the bottom of the main sequence as the first results from a 320 sq deg survey based on both optical and near-infrared photometry. The luminosity and mass functions are determined with an order of magnitude higher precision than previous studies achieve. No evidence is found for a mass function steepening toward the H-burning limit.