The Bottom of the Main Sequence ― And Beyond
Subtitle: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 10–12 August 1994
Publisher: Springer
Published: Aug 23, 2014
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9783662224823
Description: This is a complete overview of the state of the art in the study of very-low-mass stars, particularly brown dwarfs. It covers observations as well as modelling techniques, especially addressing the current status of our theoretical understanding of these objects, and the relation of observed luminosity and mass functions to star formation. Besides the problems of clustering, surface activity, and current estimates of the mass density in low-mass stars, the reader will also learn how many bona fide brown dwarfs have been unambigously detected so far.
Notes: Source title: The Bottom of the Main Sequence ― And Beyond: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 10–12 August 1994 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)