Toward the End of Stars: Discovering the Galaxy's Coldest Brown Dwarfs

2009/02/16 by Adam J. Burgasser, J. S. Bloom, Burgasser, Adam J. +21
Physics and Astronomy · #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #History and Developments in Astronomy

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0902.2604

Abstract

This White Paper to the National Academy of Sciences Astro2010 Decadal Review Committee highlights cross-disciplinary science opportunities over the next decade with cold brown dwarfs, sources defined here as having photospheric temperatures less than ~1000 K.

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