Low-luminosity companions to white dwarfs

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 394-428

  Farihi, J ^a,b   Becklin, E E ^b   Zuckerman, B ^b  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Stars: evolution; Stars: formation; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144432019     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444362     Document Type: Article

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