ε Indi Ba,Bb: The nearest binary brown dwarf

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 413, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1029-1036

  McCaughrean, M J ^a   Close, L M ^b   Scholz, R D ^a   Lenzen, R ^c   Biller, B ^b   Brandner, W ^c   Hartung, M ^d   Lodieu, N ^a  

^a ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Stars: binaries: general; Stars: late type; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; ORBITS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; ASTROMETRY; BINARY BROWN DWARFS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0742321114     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034292     Document Type: Article

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