The Astrophysical Journal, 744:120 (21pp), 2012 January 10 doi:10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/120 C 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. MAPPING THE SHORES OF THE BROWN DWARF DESERT. III. YOUNG MOVING GROUPS T. M. Evans1,2, M. J. Ireland1,3,4,A.L.Kraus5,9, F. Martinache6, P. Stewart1, P. G. Tuthill1, S. Lacour1,7, J. M. Carpenter8, and L. A. Hillenbrand8 1 Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 2 Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK;
[email protected] 3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia 4 Australian Astronomical Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia 5 Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA 6 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Subaru Telescope, Hilo, HI 96720, USA 7 Observatoire de Paris, LESIA, CNRS/UMR 8109, 92190 Meudon, France 8 Department of Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, MC 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Received 2011 January 18; accepted 2011 September 26; published 2011 December 20 ABSTRACT We present the results of an aperture-masking interferometry survey for substellar companions around 67 members of the young (∼8–200 Myr) nearby (∼5–86 pc) AB Doradus, β Pictoris, Hercules-Lyra, TW Hya, and Tucana- Horologium stellar associations. Observations were made at near-infrared wavelengths between 1.2 and 3.8 μm using the adaptive optics facilities of the Keck II, Very Large Telescope UT4, and Palomar Hale Telescopes.