A large spectroscopic sample of L and T dwarfs from UKIDSS LAS: peculiar objects, binaries, and space density

2015/03/17 by Federico Marocco, F. Marocco, H. R. A. Jones +10 · 88 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Binary number #Brown dwarf #Galaxy #Photometry (optics) #Physics #Radial velocity #Spectral line #Stars #Stellar classification #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Velocity dispersion #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnras/stv530

published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 449(4), 3651-3692 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society following peer review. The version of record [F. Marocco, et al, 'A large spectroscopic sample of L and T dwarfs from UKIDSS LAS: peculiar objects, binaries, and space density', MNRAS, Vol. 449)4): 3651-3692, April 2015] is available online at: 10.1093/mnras/stv530.

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