A dynamical calibration of the mass-luminosity relation at very low stellar masses and young ages

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7023, 2005, Pages 286-289

  Close, Laird M ^a   Lenzen, Rainer ^b   Gulrado, Jose C ^c   Nielsen, Eric L ^a   Mamajek, Eric E ^a   Brandner, Wolfgang ^b   Hartung, Markus ^d   Lidman, Chris ^d   Biller, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; INFRARED RADIATION;

BROWA DWARFS; LOW-MASS STARS; MASS-LUMINOSITY RELATION; NEAR-INFRARED LUMINOSITY; STELLAR MASSES;

GALAXIES;

ASTRONOMY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COSMOS; DYNAMICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINANCE; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 12744262867     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03225     Document Type: Article

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