Moderate-resolution spitzer infrared spectrograph observations of M, L, and T dwarfs

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 662, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 1245-1253

  Mainzer, A K ^a   Roellig, Thomas L ^b   Saumon, D ^c   Marley, Mark S ^b   Cushing, Michael C ^d   Sloan, G C ^e   Kirkpatrick, J Davy ^f   Leggett, S K ^g   Wilson, John C ^h  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared: stars; Stars: late type; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547313490     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516561     Document Type: Article

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