BROWN DWARFS
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Brown Dwarfs
http://astron.berkeley.edu/~stars/bdwarfs
Research on Brown Dwarfs Research group at the University of California at Berkeley. Originally called black dwarfs (and often called enanas cafe in Mexico), these substellar objects were first conceived of in the early 1960s as dark bodies... |  |
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MSN Encarta - Brown Dwarf
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=0361B000
Brief encyclopedia entry presents a definition of this star-like object. | |
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Brown Dwarf. Brown Dwarfs. Brown Dwarfs Home Page
http://www.bahnhof.se/~davidgr/browndwf/bd_home.html
Brown Dwarfs. Here you can find an explanation of what Brown Dwarfs are and why Brown Dwarfs are important. This page uses Frames which your browser does not support. Please choose What is a Brown Dwarf or Mass definitions to continue. | |
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Brown Dwarfs
http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/courses/astro201/bd_evol.htm
Brown Dwarf Evolution If the fragmenting interstellar cloud collapses but has less than about 0.08 solar masses, the central temperature and density of the proto-star will never get high enough that hydrogen fusion can take place in a sustained... |  |
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APOD: December 4, 1995 - GL 229B: An Elusive Brown Dwarf?
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951204.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day we feature a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 4, 1995 GL 229B: An Elusive Brown Dwarf. |  |
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Brown Dwarfs
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/981018a.html
Ask a High-Energy Astronomer The Question What are Brown Dwarfs? The Answer Brown dwarfs are small-size objects, believed to result from condensations of fragments of molecular clouds. A brown dwarf has a small mass, too low to ignite nuclear... | |
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ISPEC: VLC - BROWN DWARFS
http://ispec.scibernet.com/virtual/brown_dwarfs.shtml
ONLINE MATERIAL FOR BROWN DWARFS NOTE: Links will open a new browser window Brown Dwarfs Brown Dwarf Evolution Discovery of A Brown Dwarf The Search for Brown Dwarf and Very Low Mass Stars Evidence of a Brown Dwarf Formation of Brown Dwarfs in... |
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NGSS and Brown Dwarfs
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/NGSS/bd.html
NGSS and Brown Dwarfs Stars with masses less than about 0.08 solar masses, or 80 Jupiter masses, do not become hot enough in their centers to fuse hydrogen into helium. Without this long term source of power, these stars cool off to the point where. | |
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Brown Dwarfs and Superplanets
http://sirtf.caltech.edu/Mission/Science/bdsp.html
Brown Dwarfs and Super-Planets Brown dwarfs are substellar-sized bodies thought to be intermediate between stars and planets. They are too small to create the internal temperature and pressure required to stimulate and sustain nuclear fusion, the... |  |
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Brown Dwarfs - references
http://www.bahnhof.se/~davidgr/browndwf/bd_refs.html
Brown dwarfs - References The following sources were consulted for the preparation of these pages about Brown Dwarfs: Stevenson D.J. The Search for Brown Dwarfs Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics 1991 vol 29 pp 163-193 A summary of the... | |
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Weather in Brown Dwarfs
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/AAO/AAO/local/www/dfm/projects/9ba17-tinney.html
AAO Images Page | projects page | overview | search | feedback | home Tonight's project on the AAT (August 28 - September 2, Project A-17) Rotation, Dust and Weather in Brown Dwarfs The Investigators: (Principal investigator in bold type. Not all... |  |
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Confirmed Brown Dwarfs
http://astro.berkeley.edu/~stars/bdwarfs/confirmbd.html
Confirmed Brown Dwarfs Name: Confirmation Method: Gliese 229B. PPl15 (brown dwarf binary). Teide 1. Calar 3. Kelu 1. DENIS-P J1228.2-1547. LP944-20. Methane Lithium Lithium Lithium Lithium Lithium Lithium | |
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[23.06] Lithium chemistry in brown dwarfs and extrasolar gas giant planets
http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v30n3/dps98/213.htm
DPS Meeting, Madison, October 1998 Session 23. Extrasolar Planets Contributed Oral Parallel Session, Tuesday, October 13, 1998, 3:50-5:20pm, Madison Ballroom D [Previous] | [Session 23] | [Next] [23.06] Lithium chemistry in brown dwarfs and... | |
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Spectroscopy of Brown Dwarf Candidates in the Rho Ophiuchi Molecular Core
http://newton.umsl.edu/~brucew/preprints/ophbd.html
"Spectroscopy of Brown Dwarf Candidates in the Rho Ophiuchi Molecular Core", Wilking, B. A., Greene, T. P., and Meyer, M. R., in the January issue of Astronomical Journal, v.117, pp. 469-482, 1999. Text, Figures, and Tables in gzipped tar file... | |
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