Discovery of two T dwarf companions with the spitzer space telescope

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 654, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 570-579

  Luhman, K L ^a   Patten, B M ^b   Marengo, M ^b   Schuster, M T ^b,c   Hora, J L ^b   Ellis, R G ^b   Stauffer, J R ^d   Sonnett, S M ^b,e   Winston, E ^b,f   Gutermuth, R A ^b,f   Megeath, S T ^g   Backman, D E ^h   Henry, T J ⁱ   Werner, M W ^j   Fazio, G G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f Infrared Telescope Facility   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^h SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Binaries: visual infrared: stars; Stars: evolution; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846536823     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509073     Document Type: Article

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