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Searches for companions of brown dwarfs by direct imaging mainly probe orbital separations > 3-10 AU. On the other hand, previous radial velocity surveys of brown dwarfs are mainly sensitive to separations smaller than 0.6 AU. It has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Joergens

We report on the discovery of the young, nearby, brown dwarf 2MASS J0041353$-$562112. The object has a spectral type of M7.5, it shows Li absorption and signatures of accretion, which implies that it still has a disk and suggests an age…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-26 Ansgar Reiners

The continuous temporal coverage and high photometric precision afforded by space observatories has opened up new opportunities for the study of variability processes in young stellar cluster members. Of particular interest is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Ann Marie Cody , Lynne A. Hillenbrand

We aim to characterize the U-band variability of young brown dwarfs in the Taurus Molecular Cloud and discuss its origin. We used the XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, where a sample of 11 young bona fide brown…

Young close binaries clear central cavities in their surrounding circumbinary disk from which the stars can still accrete material. This process takes place within the very first astronomical units, and is still not well constrained as the…

We present HST-COS FUV and -STIS optical observations towards the young accreting brown dwarf 2MASS-J08440915-7833457 (J0844) from the ULLYSES DDT Program. We analyse hot FUV lines such C IV, Si IV, and N V, as well as fluorescent emission…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-29 Toni V. Panzera , Laura S. Flagg , Margaret A. Mueller , Christopher M. Johns-Krull , Gregory J. Herczeg

We report on the results of an I-band photometric variability survey of eighteen L dwarfs. We find that seven exhibit statistically significant variations above the 95.4% confidence level with root-mean-square scatter (including photometric…

Forty new low mass members with spectral types ranging from M4-M9 have been confirmed in the Orion Molecular Cloud 2/3 region. Through deep, I, z', J, H, K photometry of a 20' x 20' field in OMC 2/3, we selected brown dwarf candidates for…

We present the results of a program that monitored the near-IR spectroscopic variability of a sample of 19 embedded protostars. Spectra were taken on time intervals from 2 days to 3 years, over a wavelength range from 0.85 {\mu}m to 2.45…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 MIchael Connelley , Thomas Greene

Monitoring mass accretion onto substellar objects provides insights into the geometry of the accretion flows. We use the Lulin One-meter Telescope to monitor H$\alpha$ emission from FU Tau B, a $\sim$19 $M_{\rm Jup}$ brown-dwarf companion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-14 Ya-Lin Wu , Yu-Chi Cheng , Li-Ching Huang , Brendan Bowler , Laird Close , Wei-Ling Tseng , Ning Chen , Da-Wei Chen

The birth of stars involves not only accretion but also, counter-intuitively, the expulsion of matter in the form of highly supersonic outflows. Although this phenomenon has been seen in young stars, a fundamental question is whether it…

We present high-resolution optical spectroscopy of four candidate members of the nearby TW Hydrae young association including three brown dwarfs (2MASS 1207-3932, 2MASS 1139-3159 and TWA 5B) and one T Tauri multiple star (TWA 5A). Using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Subhanjoy Mohanty , Ray Jayawardhana , David Barrado y Navascues

We have monitored the photometric variability of nine field L and T brown dwarfs for 10 nights during the course of one month with the Palomar 60 inch Telescope Near-Infrared Camera. Results of statistical analyses indicate that at least…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Melissa L. Enoch , Michael E. Brown , Adam J. Burgasser

Optical time series photometry of the short period magnetic white dwarf + probable brown dwarf binary SDSS 121209.31+013627.7 reveals pulse-like variability in all bands from i' to u', peaking at u'. These modulations are most likely due to…

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

The Upper-Scorpius association (5-11 Myr) contains a unique population of low-mass (M<30 MJup) brown-dwarfs. The detailed relative characterization of their physical properties (mass, radius, temperature, composition, ongoing accretion)…

The properties of accretion disks around stars and brown dwarfs in the SOri cluster (age 3 Myr) are studied based on NIR time series photometry supported by MIR spectral energy distributions. We monitor ~30 young low-mass sources over 8…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Alexander Scholz , Xiaoying Xu , Ray Jayawardhana , Kenneth Wood , Jochen Eisloeffel , Ciara Quinn

We report the discovery of a long-lasting burst of disk accretion in Cha J11070768-7626326 (Cha 1107-7626), a young, isolated, 5-10 M$_{\mathrm{Jupiter}}$ object. In spectra taken with XSHOOTER at ESO's Very Large Telescope as well as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-03 V. Almendros-Abad , A. Scholz , B. Damian , R. Jayawardhana , A. Bayo , L. Flagg , K. Muzic , A. Natta , P. Pinilla , L. Testi

The inwards scattering of planetesimals towards white dwarfs is expected to be a stochastic process with variability on human time-scales. The planetesimals tidally disrupt at the Roche radius, producing dusty debris detectable as excess…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Laura K. Rogers , Siyi Xu , Amy Bonsor , Simon Hodgkin , Kate Y. L. Su , Ted von Hippel , Michael Jura

We report on searches for radio emission from three of the nearest known young brown dwarfs using the Very Large Array. We have obtained sensitive upper limits on 3.6cm emission from 2MASSW J1207334-393254, TWA~5B and SSSPM J1102-3431, all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. A. Osten , R. Jayawardhana