NGC 1333 low-mass stars infrared photometry

A JHK survey of an 11.4'x11.7' area of the northern cluster was conducted to a sensitivity of K<=16mag. Using near-infrared magnitudes and colors from this and previously published surveys, 25 brown dwarf candidates were selected toward the high-extinction cloud core.

Spectra in the K band were obtained and comparisons of the depths of water vapor absorption bands in our candidate objects with a grid of dwarf, subgiant, and giant standards were made to derive spectral types. These data were then used to derive effective temperatures and stellar luminosities that, when combined with theoretical tracks and isochrones for pre-main-sequence objects, resulted in estimates for their masses and ages.