Survival of a brown dwarf after engulfment by a red giant star

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7102, 2006, Pages 543-545

  Maxted, P F L ^a   Napiwotzki, R ^b   Dobbie, P D ^c   Burleigh, M R ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GALAXIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS;

BROWN DWARF; LUMINOSITY; SUB-STELLAR COMPANIONS; WHITE DWARF;

ASTRONOMY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; HEATING; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MODEL; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 33746663561     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04987     Document Type: Article

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