Mass determination and detection of the onset of chromospheric activity for the substellar object in EF Eridani

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 652, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 709-723

  Howell, Steve B ^a   Walter, Frederick M ^b   Harrison, Thomas E ^c   Huber, Mark E ^d   Becker, Robert H ^d,e   White, Richard L ^f  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: activity; Stars: individual (EF Eridani, AM herculis, VV puppis); Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845322254     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507603     Document Type: Article

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