Detection of nine M8.0-L0.5 binaries: The very low mass binary population and its implications for brown dwarf and very low mass star formation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 587, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 407-422

  Close, Laird M ^a   Siegler, Nick ^a   Freed, Melanie ^a   Biller, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Instrumentation: adaptive optics; Stars: evolution; Stars: formation; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042641450     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368177     Document Type: Article

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