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Wide Brown Dwarf Companions to Main-Sequence Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

John E. Gizis
John E. Gizis*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716

Abstract

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Many widely separated companions to main-sequence stars have been found using 2MASS. These companions include both stars and brown dwarfs. I discuss a number of systems of particular interest. Present indications are that a few percent of G dwarfs have brown dwarf companions.

Type
Part 6. Searches for Substellar Companions
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 211: Brown Dwarfs , 2003 , pp. 281 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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