A method for determining the physical properties of the coldest known brown dwarfs

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 639, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1095-1113

  Burgasser, Adam J ^a,d   Burrows, Adam ^b   Davy Kirkpatrick, J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Infrared Telescope Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645158790     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499344     Document Type: Article

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