The current population of benchmark brown dwarfs

The current population of benchmark brown dwarfs

The number of brown dwarfs (BDs) now identified tops 700. Yet our understanding of these cool objects is still lacking, and models are struggling to accurately reproduce observations. What is needed is a method of calibrating the models, BDs whose properties (e.g. age, mass, distance, metallicity) t...

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Main Authors: Clarke J.R.A., Gallardo J., Gálvez-Ortiz M.C., Jones H.R.A., Zhang Z.H., Burningham B., Ruiz M.T., Day-Jones A.C., Pinfield D.J., Jenkins J.S.
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2011-07-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111606012
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spelling doaj-857da2d8798647e1bcc1c3c56910a0652021-08-02T09:15:01ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2011-07-01160601210.1051/epjconf/20111606012The current population of benchmark brown dwarfsClarke J.R.A.Gallardo J.Gálvez-Ortiz M.C.Jones H.R.A.Zhang Z.H.Burningham B.Ruiz M.T.Day-Jones A.C.Pinfield D.J.Jenkins J.S.The number of brown dwarfs (BDs) now identified tops 700. Yet our understanding of these cool objects is still lacking, and models are struggling to accurately reproduce observations. What is needed is a method of calibrating the models, BDs whose properties (e.g. age, mass, distance, metallicity) that can be independently determined can provide such calibration. The ability to calculate properties based on observables is set to be of vital importance if we are to be able to measure the properties of fainter, more distant populations of BDs that near-future surveys will reveal, for which ground based spectroscopic studies will become increasingly difficult. We present here the state of the current population of age benchmark brown dwarfs. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111606012
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author Clarke J.R.A.
Gallardo J.
Gálvez-Ortiz M.C.
Jones H.R.A.
Zhang Z.H.
Burningham B.
Ruiz M.T.
Day-Jones A.C.
Pinfield D.J.
Jenkins J.S.
spellingShingle Clarke J.R.A.
Gallardo J.
Gálvez-Ortiz M.C.
Jones H.R.A.
Zhang Z.H.
Burningham B.
Ruiz M.T.
Day-Jones A.C.
Pinfield D.J.
Jenkins J.S.
The current population of benchmark brown dwarfs
EPJ Web of Conferences
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Gallardo J.
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Jenkins J.S.
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title The current population of benchmark brown dwarfs
title_short The current population of benchmark brown dwarfs
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description The number of brown dwarfs (BDs) now identified tops 700. Yet our understanding of these cool objects is still lacking, and models are struggling to accurately reproduce observations. What is needed is a method of calibrating the models, BDs whose properties (e.g. age, mass, distance, metallicity) that can be independently determined can provide such calibration. The ability to calculate properties based on observables is set to be of vital importance if we are to be able to measure the properties of fainter, more distant populations of BDs that near-future surveys will reveal, for which ground based spectroscopic studies will become increasingly difficult. We present here the state of the current population of age benchmark brown dwarfs.
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