The discovery of y dwarfs using data from the wide-field infrared survey explorer (WISE)

The discovery of y dwarfs using data from the wide-field infrared survey explorer (WISE)

We present the discovery of seven ultracool brown dwarfs identified with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Near-infrared spectroscopy reveals deep absorption bands of H[subscript 2]O and CH[subscript 4] that indicate all seven of the brown dwarfs have spectral types later than UGPS J07...

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Main Authors: Cushing, Michael C. (Author), Kirkpatrick, J. Davy (Author), Gelino, Christopher R. (Author), Griffith, Roger L. (Author), Skrutskie, Michael F. (Author), Mainzer, A. (Author), Marsh, Kenneth A. (Author), Beichman, Charles A. (Author), Burgasser, Adam J. (Contributor), Prato, Lisa A. (Author), Simcoe, Robert A. (Contributor), Marley, Mark S. (Author), Saumon, D. (Author), Freedman, Richard S. (Author), Eisenhardt, P. R. (Author), Wright, Edward L. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2013-01-30T21:19:53Z.
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