The dependence of brown dwarf radii on atmospheric metallicity and clouds: Theory and comparison with observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 736, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Burrows, Adam ^a   Heng, Kevin ^b,c   Nampaisarn, Thane ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

brown dwarfs; stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051494374     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/736/1/47     Document Type: Article

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