The number fraction of discs around brown dwarfs in Orion OB1a and the 25 Orionis group


Abstract in English

We present a study of 15 new brown dwarfs belonging to the $sim7$ Myr old 25 Orionis group and Orion OB1a sub-association with spectral types between M6 and M9 and estimated masses between $sim0.07$M$_odot$ and $sim0.01$ M$_odot$. By comparing them through a Bayesian method with low mass stars ($0.8lesssim$ M/M$_odotlesssim0.1$) from previous works in the 25 Orionis group, we found statistically significant differences in the number fraction of classical T Tauri stars, weak T Tauri stars, class II, evolved discs and purely photospheric emitters at both sides of the sub-stellar mass limit. Particularly we found a fraction of $3.9^{+2.4}_{-1.6}~%$ low mass stars classified as CTTS and class II or evolved discs, against a fraction of $33.3^{+10.8}_{-9.8}~%$ in the sub-stellar mass domain. Our results support the suggested scenario in which the dissipation of discs is less efficient for decreasing mass of the central object.

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