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We present the discovery of CWISE J050626.96$+$073842.4 (CWISE J0506$+$0738), an L/T transition dwarf with extremely red near-infrared colors discovered through the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project. Photometry from UKIRT…

We present results from a high-contrast adaptive optics imaging search for giant planets and brown dwarfs (>1 MJup) around 122 newly identified nearby (<40 pc) young M dwarfs. Half of our targets are younger than 135 Myr and 90% are younger…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Brendan P. Bowler , Michael C. Liu , Evgenya L. Shkolnik , Motohide Tamura

With infrared flux contrasts larger than typically seen in hot Jupiter, tidally-locked white dwarf-brown dwarf binaries offer a superior opportunity to investigate atmospheric processes in irradiated atmospheres. NLTT5306 is such a system,…

We report the discovery of three L dwarfs in the solar vicinity within 30 parsecs. These objects were originally found as proper motion objects from a combination of R and I photographic plates measured as part of the SuperCOSMOS Sky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. Lodieu , R. -D. Scholz , M. J. McCaughrean

This paper discusses the ability of Li to confirm the substellar nature of a brown dwarf candidate. Theoretical computations using different interior models agree that brown dwarfs with masses below $\sim$ 0.065 M$_{\odot}$ preserve a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Rebolo , A. Magazzu , E. L. Martin

AIMS: We contribute to improving the census of cool brown dwarfs (late-T and Y dwarfs) in the immediate solar neighbourhood. METHODS: By combining near-infrared (NIR) data of UKIDSS with mid-infrared WISE and other available NIR (2MASS) and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Ralf-Dieter Scholz , Gabriel Bihain , Olivier Schnurr , Jesper Storm

We present new spectroscopy and astrometry to characterize the nearby brown dwarf WISEP J180026.60+013453.1. The optical spectral type, L7.5, is in agreement with the previously reported near-infrared spectral type. The preliminary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 John E. Gizis , Adam J. Burgasser , Frederick J. Vrba

Located at ~2pc, the L7.5+T0.5 dwarfs system WISE J104915.57-531906.1 (Luhman16AB) is the third closest system known to Earth, making it a key benchmark for detailed investigation of brown dwarf atmospheric properties, thermal evolution,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-05 L. R. Bedin , D. Pourbaix , D. Apai , A. J. Burgasser , E. Buenzli , H. M. J. Boffin , M. Libralato

I report the results of a survey for low-mass (0.030 <~ M <~ 0.013 M_solar) brown dwarfs in the direction of the TW Hya association using 2MASS. Two late-M dwarfs show signs of low surface gravity and are strong candidates to be young,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-08 John E. Gizis

We present JWST/MIRI low-resolution spectroscopy ($4.75-14~\mu$m) of the first known substellar companion, Gliese 229 Bab, which was recently resolved into a tight binary brown dwarf. Previous atmospheric retrieval studies modeling Gliese…

WD 0806-661 B is one of the coldest known brown dwarfs (T=300-345 K) based on previous mid-infrared photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope. In addition, it is a benchmark for testing theoretical models of brown dwarfs because its age…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 K. L. Luhman , C. V. Morley , A. J. Burgasser T. L. Esplin , J. J. Bochanski

We present 27 new L subdwarfs and classify five of them as esdL and 22 as sdL. Our L subdwarf candidates were selected with the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Spectroscopic follow-up was carried out primarily…

We present the results of an intense photometric monitoring in the near-infrared (~0.9 microns) with the TRAPPIST robotic telescope of the newly discovered binary brown dwarf WISE J104915.57-531906.1, the third closest system to the Sun at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. Gillon , A. H. M. J. Triaud , E. Jehin , L. Delrez , C. Opitom , P. Magain , M. Lendl , D. Queloz

By comparing near-infrared spectra with atmosphere models, we infer the effective temperature, surface gravity, projected rotational velocity, and radial velocity for 21 very-low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. The unique sample consists of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Emily L. Rice , T. Barman , Ian S. McLean , L. Prato , J. Davy Kirkpatrick

Condensate clouds strongly impact the spectra of brown dwarfs and exoplanets. Recent discoveries of variable L/T transition dwarfs argued for patchy clouds in at least some ultracool atmospheres. This study aims to measure the frequency and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Esther Buenzli , Daniel Apai , Jacqueline Radigan , I. Neill Reid , Davin Flateau

We present parallax and proper motion measurements, near-infrared spectra, and WISE photometry for the low surface gravity L5gamma dwarf 2MASSJ035523.37+113343.7 (2M0355). We use these data to evaluate photometric, spectral, and kinematic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jacqueline K. Faherty , Emily L. Rice , Kelle L. Cruz , Eric E. Mamajek , Alejandro Núñez

With the discovery of Y dwarfs by the WISE mission, the population of field brown dwarfs now extends to objects with temperatures comparable to those of Solar System planets. To investigate the atmospheres of these newly identified brown…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. Rajan , J. Patience , P. A. Wilson , J. Bulger , R. J. De Rosa , K. Ward-Duong , C. Morley , F. Pont , R. Windhorst

Cold, low-mass, field brown dwarfs are important for constraining the terminus of the stellar mass function, and also for optimizing atmospheric studies of exoplanets. In 2020 new model grids for such objects were made available:…

We present a comprehensive analysis of 20 T and Y dwarfs using spectroscopy from the NIRSpec CLEAR/PRISM and MIRI LRS instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope. To characterize the atmospheric parameters, we utilize two atmospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-15 Zhijun Tu , Shu Wang , Jifeng Liu

Context. Metal-poor brown dwarfs are poorly understood because they are extremely faint and rare. Only a few candidates have been identified as T-type subdwarfs in infrared surveys and their optical properties remain unconstrained. Aims. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-18 Jerry Jun-Yan Zhang , Nicolas Lodieu , Eduardo Martín
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