The chromospheric activity and ages of M dwarf stars in wide binary systems

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2428-2450

  Silvestri, Nicole M ^a   Hawley, Suzanne L ^a   Oswalt, Terry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: visual; Galaxy: structure; Stars: activity; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs; Techniques: spectroscopic; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144446053     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429593     Document Type: Review

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