The formation of free-floating brown dwarves and planetary-mass objects by photo-erosion of prestellar cores

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 427, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 299-306

  Whitworth, A P ^a   Zinnecker, H ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

ISM: HII regions; Stars: formation; Stars: Low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GRAVITATION; IONIZING RADIATION; KINETIC ENERGY; PHOTONS; PLANETS;

BROWN DWARFS; PHOTO-EROSION; PRESTELLAR CORES; STARS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 8644291642     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041131     Document Type: Review

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