50 Years of Brown Dwarfs From Prediction to Discovery to Forefront of Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Joergens, Viki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 401
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History of Science.

The years 2012/2013 mark the 50th anniversary of the theoretical prediction that Brown Dwarfs, i.e. degenerate objects which are just not massive enough to sustain stable hydrogen fusion, exist. Some 20 years after their discovery, how Brown Dwarfs form is still one of the main open questions in the...

Table of Contents:

• The Theoretical Prediction of the Existence of Brown Dwarfs by Shiv S. Kumar
• Pre-Main Sequence Evolution and the Hydrogen Burning Minimum Mass
• Brown is Not a Color: Introduction of the Term ’Brown Dwarf’
• Teide 1 and the Discovery of Brown Dwarfs
• The Discovery of the First Lithium Brown Dwarf: PPl 15
• Companions of Stars: From Other Stars to Brown Dwarfs to Planets
• Ultracool Objects: L, T, and Y Dwarfs
• Latest News on the Physics of Brown Dwarfs.