Bridging the Gap Between Stars and Planets: The Formation and Early Evolution of Brown Dwarfs

Bridging the Gap Between Stars and Planets: The Formation and Early Evolution of Brown Dwarfs

This White Paper, submitted to the National Academy of Sciences' Astro2010 Decadal Review Committee, focuses on 2 central themes in the study of young brown dwarfs -- their formation mechanism and disk characteristics -- which are of direct relevance to fundamental questions of stellar and plan...

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Hauptverfasser: Mohanty, Subhanjoy, Burgasser, Adam, Chabrier, Gilles, Padoan, Paolo, Hennebelle, Patrick, Pascucci, Ilaria, Kraus, Adam, Baraffe, Isabelle, Stassun, Keivan, Greaves, Jane, Reiners, Ansgar, Dunham, Mike, Scholz, Aleks, Oppenheimer, Ben, Ray, Tom, Apai, Daniel, Goodman, Alyssa, Cruz, Kelle, Rebull, Louisa, Moraux, Estelle
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Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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Zusammenfassung:This White Paper, submitted to the National Academy of Sciences' Astro2010 Decadal Review Committee, focuses on 2 central themes in the study of young brown dwarfs -- their formation mechanism and disk characteristics -- which are of direct relevance to fundamental questions of stellar and planetary origins and properties.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0903.2511