Testing the existence of optical linear polarization in young brown dwarfs

Testing the existence of optical linear polarization in young brown dwarfs

Linear polarization can be used as a probe of the existence of atmospheric condensates in ultracool dwarfs. Models predict that the observed linear polarization increases with the degree of oblateness, which is inversely proportional to the surface gravity. We aimed to test the existence of optical...

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Main Authors: Manjavacas, E., Miles-Paez, P. A., Zapatero-Osorio, M. R., Goldman, B., Buenzli, E., Henning, T., Palle, E., Fang, M.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Deprt Astronomy, Steward Observ
Language:en
Published: OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2017
Subjects:
brown dwarfs
stars: low-mass
infrared: stars
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624425
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/624425

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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624425
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/624425

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