A search for binary systems among the nearest L dwarfs

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 891-901

  Reid, I Neill ^a   Lewitus, E ^a   Allen, P R ^b   Cruz, Kelle L ^c,e   Burgasser, Adam J ^d  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: visual; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749018786     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505626     Document Type: Article

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