The Bottom of the Main Sequence — And Beyond: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 10–12 August 1994

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Quiet Lives of Very Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs....Pages 3-12
Luminosity Functions and the Mass Function....Pages 13-23
The Evolution of Low-Mass Stars....Pages 24-27
The Equation of State for the Interiors of Low-Mass Objects....Pages 28-31
M (sub)Dwarf Model Atmospheres: The Next Generation....Pages 32-44
Spectra and Colours of Brown Dwarfs: Predictions by Model Atmospheres....Pages 45-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Photometric and Astrometric Surveys for Low-Mass Field Stars....Pages 53-62
VLM Stars toward the Barnard 5 Molecular Cloud....Pages 63-67
Brown Dwarf Candidates from Digitally Stacked Schmidt Plates....Pages 68-70
How Complete is our Knowledge of the Nearby Stars?....Pages 71-74
A Photographic Survey of the Southern Sky....Pages 75-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
The Solar Neighbors in the Murky Depths of the Main Sequence....Pages 79-87
A Search for Infrared Companions to White Dwarfs....Pages 88-92
Two Faint Companions to the Nearby M-dwarf LHS 1070....Pages 93-93
Sub-arcsecond Imaging of G29–38 using Adaptive Optics....Pages 94-97
Brown Dwarfs and Planets Around Solar-Type Stars: Searches by Precise Velocities....Pages 98-108
SHARP Images of the Pre-main Sequence Star V536 Aquilae: A Binary with a Low-Mass Companion....Pages 109-112
Exploration of the Lower Main Sequence Among Wide Binaries....Pages 113-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
The Temperature Scale for Cool Dwarfs....Pages 123-131
Parallaxes and Absolute Magnitudes for VLM Stars....Pages 132-137
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Southern Stars Near the Substellar Boundary: An Update....Pages 138-139
Classification Spectroscopy of M Dwarfs from 0.6 to 2.4 Microns....Pages 140-150
The Design of the Low-Mass Binaries Database....Pages 151-154
The Mass-Luminosity Relation for M-dwarfs....Pages 155-158
Lithium and the Nature of Brown Dwarf Candidates....Pages 159-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Star Formation and the Initial Mass Function....Pages 171-182
Surveys of Nearby Clusters for Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs....Pages 183-191
The VLM Main Sequence in Praesepe....Pages 192-195
Near-infrared Observations of Low-Mass Objects in NGC 2024....Pages 196-200
HST Photometry of Low-Mass Stars in Open Clusters....Pages 201-204
Spectroscopy of M Type Stars in the α Persei Open Cluster....Pages 205-208
Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in the Trapezium Cluster....Pages 209-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Surface Activity and Rotation in Low-Mass Stars....Pages 217-223
The Frequency of Magnetic Activity in the Field M Dwarfs....Pages 224-227
Chromospheric and Coronal Activity of Low Mass Stars in the Pleiades....Pages 228-232
Moderate Resolution Spectroscopy of VLM and BD Candidate Members of the Pleiades and Hyades....Pages 233-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
The Pop. II Lower Main Sequence: Some Properties and a Luminosity Function Determination....Pages 239-248
Low-Mass Objects and the Dark Matter in the Halo....Pages 249-252
Faint Companions to G/K Halo Subdwarfs....Pages 253-256
On the Pop. II IMF: Many More Brown Dwarfs....Pages 257-260
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Unveiling the IMF of Galactic Globular Clusters: the Case of NGC 1261....Pages 261-264
A Review of Gravitational Microlensing Experiments....Pages 265-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Very Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs from 2MASS and DENIS....Pages 277-281
Searching for Low-Mass Stars with DENIS. Preliminary Results on a Star Forming Region: Orion....Pages 282-290
Brown Dwarfs in the ISO Central Programme....Pages 291-294
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Summary Remarks: Hitting Bottom?....Pages 297-308
Back Matter....Pages 309-309