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The ROSAT WFC survey has provided us with evidence for the existence of a previously unidentified sample of hot white dwarfs (WD) in non-interacting binary systems, through the detection of EUV and soft X-ray emission. These stars are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Matt Burleigh , Martin Barstow , Tom Fleming

We present JHKs photometry, far red spectra, and spectral classifications for an additional 67 L dwarfs discovered by the Two Micron All Sky Survey. One of the goals of this new search was to locate more examples of the latest L dwarfs. Of…

We report the discovery of a new totally-eclipsing binary (RA=06:40:29.11; Dec=+38:56:52.2; J=2000.0; Rmax=17.2 mag) with an sdO primary and a strongly irradiated red dwarf companion. It has an orbital period of Porb=0.187284394(11) d and…

We fit a sample of 49 R=6000 NIR (0.9 - 2.5 micron) T dwarf spectra obtained with Magellan's FIRE spectrograph with two different atmospheric model sets to compare the derived physical parameters such as Teff, log g, cloud opacity, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-27 C. P. Nicholls , A. J. Burgasser , C. V. Morley

We present 1066 speckle measurements of M dwarf multiples observed over 2021-2024, all taken with HRCam on the Southern Astrophysical Research 4.1 m telescope. Among these, 900 observations resolve companions in 212 pairs, with separations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-28 Eliot Halley Vrijmoet , Andrei Tokovinin , Todd J. Henry , Jennifer G. Winters , Wei-Chun Jao , Elliott Horch

[Abridged] As part of our on-going investigation of magnetic activity in ultracool dwarfs we present simultaneous radio, X-ray, UV, and optical observations of LSR1835+32 (M8.5), and simultaneous X-ray and UV observations of VB10 (M8), both…

During a survey for stars with disks in the Taurus star-forming region using the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have discovered a pair of young brown dwarfs, FU Tau A and B, in the Barnard 215 dark cloud. They have a projected angular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-18 K. L. Luhman , E. E. Mamajek , P. R. Allen , A. A. Muench , D. P. Finkbeiner

We report the discovery of a detached 20 min orbital period binary white dwarf. WD0931+444 (SDSS J093506.93+441106.9) was previously classified as a WD + M dwarf system based on its optical spectrum. Our time-resolved optical spectroscopy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Mukremin Kilic , Warren R. Brown , A. Gianninas , J. J. Hermes , Carlos Allende Prieto , S. J. Kenyon

We present a high signal-to-noise (SNR $\sim$ 450), high-dispersion ($R \equiv \lambda / \Delta \lambda \sim 28\,000$) H- and K-band spectroscopic atlas of the L7.5 and T0.5 components of the Luhman 16AB binary (WISE…

Context: Brown dwarfs exhibit complex atmospheric signatures, and their properties depend sensitively on effective temperature, surface gravity, and metallicity. Several physical properties of brown dwarfs in binary systems can be well…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Geißler , G. Chauvin , M. F. Sterzik

A near-infrared excess is detected at the white dwarf PHL5038 in UKIDSS photometry, consistent with the presence of a cool, substellar companion. We have obtained H- and K-grism spectra and images of PHL5038 using NIRI on Gemini North. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. R. Steele , M. R. Burleigh , J. Farihi , B. T. Gaensicke , R. F. Jameson , P. D. Dobbie , M. A. Barstow

(Abridged) We aim to determine the trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of a sample of ten field L0-L5 dwarfs with spectroscopic evidence for low-gravity atmospheres. We obtained J and Ks imaging data using 2-4-m class telescopes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 M. R. Zapatero Osorio , V. J. S. Béjar , P. Miles-Páez , K. Peña-Ramírez , R. Rebolo , E. Pallé

The aim of the project is to identify wide common proper motion companions to a sample of spectroscopically confirmed M and L metal-poor dwarfs (also known as subdwarfs) to investigate the impact of metallicity on the binary fraction of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 J. González-Payo , M. Cortés-Contreras , N. Lodieu , E. Solano , Z. H. Zhang , M. -C. Gálvez-Ortiz

[abbreviated] We report resolved near-infrared spectroscopic monitoring of the nearby L dwarf/T dwarf binary WISE J104915.57-531906.1AB (Luhman 16AB), as part of a broader campaign to characterize the spectral energy distribution and…

We report the discovery of the first brown dwarf binary system with a Y dwarf primary, WISE J033605.05$-$014350.4, observed with NIRCam on JWST with the F150W and F480M filters. We employed an empirical point spread function binary model to…

We report on our analysis of HST/NICMOS snapshot high resolution images of 255 stars in 201 systems within ~10 parsecs of the Sun. Photometry was obtained through filters F110W, F180M, F207M, and F222M using NICMOS Camera 2. These filters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Sergio B. Dieterich , Todd J. Henry , David A. Golimowski , John E. Krist , Angelle M. Tanner

Aims: Our aim is to detect and classify previously overlooked brown dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood. Methods: We performed a proper motion search among bright sources observed with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) that are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Ralf-Dieter Scholz , Gabriel Bihain , Jesper Storm

We have discovered that the extremely red, low-gravity L7 dwarf 2MASS J11193254-1137466 is a 0.14" (3.6 AU) binary using Keck laser guide star adaptive optics imaging. 2MASS J11193254-1137466 has previously been identified as a likely…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-10 William M. J. Best , Michael C. Liu , Trent J. Dupuy , Eugene A. Magnier

Luhman (2013) has reported the discovery of a brown dwarf binary system only 2.01+/-0.15 pc from the Sun. The binary is well-resolved with a projected separation of 1.5", and spectroscopic observations have identified the components as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-29 A. J. Burgasser , J. Faherty , Y. Beletsky , P. Plavchan , M. Gillon , J. Radigan , E. Jehin , L. Delrez , C. Opitom , N. Morrell , R. Osten , R. Street , C. Melis , A. Triaud , R. Simcoe

We report the discovery of a resolved (0".9) substellar companion to a member of the 1-5 Myr Taurus star-forming region. The host star (2M0437) is a single mid-M type ($T_{eff}\approx$3100K) dwarf with a position, space motion, and…