Constraints on the space density of methane dwarfs and the substellar mass function from a deep near-infrared survey

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 526, Issue 1, 1999, Pages L17-L20

  Herbst, T M ^a   Thompson, D ^a,b   Fockenbrock, R ^a   Rix, H W ^a   Beckwith, S V W ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown dwarfs surveys; Galaxy: stellar content; Infrared: stars stars: low; Mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033589593     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/312357/pdf     Document Type: Article

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