An Insider's View of Brown Dwarfs
Suzanne L. Hawley
Institute: University of Washington
Contact Email: slh@astro.washington.edu
Abstract:
This review seeks to provide the background material
necessary to understand the newest developments in
the study of brown dwarfs. I describe the physical
and observational properties
of low mass stars and brown dwarfs, and discuss our
ability to distinguish between them. Other topics
include atmospheric variability in the form of magnetic
activity and weather, and the mass function and local
density of brown dwarfs in the solar neighborhood.
The connection between brown dwarfs and planets will
be covered in the companion review paper on extrasolar
planets.
Index Keywords: 2M1237+6526 PC0025+0047 Gl 229B Sigma Ori
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Manuscript submitted: 2002-May-1
"The Future of Cool-Star Astrophysics", 2003, Eds. A. Brown,
G. M. Harper, & T. R. Ayres.
Proceedings of 12th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems,
& The Sun,
© 2003 University of Colorado.