ALEJANDRO SANTAMARÍA-MIRANDA

The origin of Brown dwarfs in Lupus
While the latest discoveries point towards a scaled-down version of the star formation process, other models, such as embryo ejection or stellar disk fragmentation, may not be discarded. Here we present our ALMA continuum observations of Lupus 1,3 and 4 star formation regions based on previous ASTE/AzTEC observations and a set of previously known class II substellar objects from the literature. We classify these sources using the spectral energy distribution obtained from archival data. We probe the turbulent fragmentation and core collapse formation scenarios for the prestellar cores or deeply embedded protostar candidates and we compare the dust masses of the disk for the class II objects with previous studies.