Oral Presentation

The discovery of a planetary mass object in L1495

Author(s): Po-Shih Chiang (NTU, Taiwan) et al.

Presenter: Poshih Chiang (NCU)

The initial mass function (IMF) at the lowest mass end is incomplete even for the nearest star-forming regions. We have initiated an imaging survey toward Taurus star-forming region in searching for young planetary mass objects, with the customized intermediate band for CFHT/WIRCam. The filter is designed to highlight the water absorption commonly seen in the cool atmospheres of brown dwarfs/exoplanets. With the filter, we would minimize the contamination and build a more reliable list of candidates for follow-up observations. In this talk, we will present the young planetary mass object in the dark cloud L1495, confirmed by Subaru/IRCS spectroscopic followup observations this Feb.