The First Young Brown Dwarf in the Serpens Cloud

Details The First Young Brown Dwarf in the Serpens Cloud The First Young Brown Dwarf in the Serpens Cloud

Jun 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003iaus..211...83m&link_type=abstract

Brown Dwarfs, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #211, held 20-24 May 2002 at University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Edited by Eduard

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

We report the discovery of the first young brown dwarf in the Serpens cloud (BD-Ser 1). It is obscured by more than ten magnitudes of visual absorption as indicated by near infrared (NIR) photometric survey at the NTT and confirmed by NIR spectroscopy at the VLT. We estimate the mass of this brown dwarf to be M ˜0.05 M&sun; and its age to be ˜3.5 Myr. Available NIR indices in the literature (designed for field brown dwarfs) fail to provide its current spectral type but using a model they correctly determine its future spectral type to be T. This is the first young brown dwarf ever found deeply embedded in the Serpens star formation region

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The First Young Brown Dwarf in the Serpens Cloud does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The First Young Brown Dwarf in the Serpens Cloud, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The First Young Brown Dwarf in the Serpens Cloud will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1823012