Weather on Substellar Worlds: A Study of Clouds, Variability and Binarity at the L/T Transition

A study of clouds and variability in brown dwarf atmospheres is presented, with a focus on understanding the mechanism by which condensate clouds are dissipated at the transition between L and T spectral types. The results of a large J-band variability survey of over 60 mid-L to T dwarfs, and relate...

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Main Author: Radigan, Jacqueline Marie
Other Authors: Jayawardhana, Ray
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35932