Spectroscopic orbits for three binaries with low-mass companions and the distribution of secondary masses near the substellar limit

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 466, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 415-426

  Mazeh, Tsevi ^a,b,c   Latham, David W ^b   Stefanik, Robert P ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: spectroscopic; Stars: individual (HD 29587, HD 114762, HD 140913); Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344454515     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177521     Document Type: Article

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