Cool Star Lab Summer Workshop #2: Brown Dwarf Astrophysics
Channel: Adam Burgasser
Date: 2023-06-12

In this online lecture we discuss some of the key astrophysics about brown dwarfs relevant to the summer projects, including:

• How stars work
• What are brown dwarfs?
• Spectra and spectral types of brown dwarfs 
• The unique properties of brown dwarfs
• Brown dwarf-exoplanet connection
• Searching for planets around brown dwarfs