The Mass-Luminosity Relation for Stars of Mass 1.0 to 0.08M(solar)
Abstract
Mass-luminosity relations determined at IR wavelengths are presented for stars with masses 1.0 to 0.08 solar mass. Using IR speckle imaging techniques on a sample of nearby binaries, we have been able to concentrate on the lower main sequence, for which an accurate mass-luminosity calibration has remained problematic. In addition, the mass-visual luminosity relation for stars with 2.0-0.08 solar mass is produced by implementing new photometric relations linking V to JHK wavelengths for the nearby stars, supplemented with eclipsing binary information. These relations predict that objects with masses of about 0.08 solar mass have M(K) of about 10 and M(V) of about 18.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- August 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1086/116685
- Bibcode:
- 1993AJ....106..773H
- Keywords:
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- Infrared Astronomy;
- Infrared Imagery;
- Main Sequence Stars;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Stellar Mass;
- Stellar Spectrophotometry;
- Astronomical Catalogs;
- Eclipsing Binary Stars;
- Speckle Patterns;
- Astrophysics;
- STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION;
- STARS: MASS FUNCTION