Abstract
We describe an L-band photometric survey of ~ 0.5 deg2 of the Chamaeleon I dark cloud. The survey has a completeness limit of L < 11.0. Our survey detects 124 sources, including all known pre–main-sequence stars with L ≤ 11. The fraction of sources with near-IR excess emission is 58% ± 4% for K = 9–11. Cha I sources have bluer H-K and K-L colors than pre–main-sequence stars in Taurus-Auriga. These sources also have a strong correlation between EW(Hα) and K-L. Stars with K-L≤ 0.6 have weak Hα emission; stars with K-L≥ 0.6 have strong Hα emission. Because many Cha I sources are heavily reddened, this division between weak emission T Tauri stars and classical T Tauri stars occurs at a redder K-L than in Taurus-Auriga.
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