Emission line diagnostics for accretion and outflows in young very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
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We discuss accretion and outflow properties of three very low-mass young stellar objects based on broad-band mid-resolution X-Shooter/VLT spectra. Our targets (FUTauA, 2M1207-39, and Par-Lup3-4) have spectral types between M5 and M8, ages between 1Myr and ∼ 10Myr, and are known to be accreting from previous studies. The final objective of our project is the determination of mass outflow to accretion rate for objects near or within the substellar regime as a probe for the TTauri phase of brown dwarfs and the investigation of variability in the accretion and outflow processes.
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