On the evidence for brown dwarf secondary stars in cataclysmic variables

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 264-268

  Littlefair, S P ^a   Dhillon, V S ^b   Martin, E L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: spectroscopic; Infrared: stars; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Stars: individual: LL and; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BINARIES: SPECTROSCOPIC; BROWN DWARFS; CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; INFRARED: STAR; K BANDS; NOVAE CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; SECONDARY STARS; STAR: INDIVIDUAL: LL AND; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: PROXIMA CENTAURI; STARS: LOW-MASS BROWN DWARFS;

STARS;

EID: 0142137299     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06295.x     Document Type: Article

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