SF-04-0038

Near-Infrared Photometic and Spectroscopic studies of Young Brown Dwarfs and Planetary-Mass Objects in Serpens

Yumiko Oasa, Kohei Oide, Tatsunori Oda, Yuhei Takagi, Yoichi Itoh, Taiki Sato

We present the results of deep NIR photometric surveys with UKIRT and Subaru telescope searching for young brown dwarfs and planetary-mass objects in Serpens Cluster A/B/South and subsequent NIR spectroscopy with Subaru. The spectroscopic temperature for newly identified objects, together with the bolometric luminosity, indicate that they could be young brown dwarfs and isolated planetary-mass objects. All the derived mass function appears to be flat toward the planetary-mass regime, but their slope slightly changes depending on the cloud environments.