The formation and early evolution of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs

KL Luhman - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The discovery of large numbers of young low-mass stars and brown dwarfs over the past
decade has made it possible to investigate star formation and early evolution in a previously …

The near infrared imager and slitless spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. I. Instrument overview and in-flight performance

R Doyon, CJ Willott, JB Hutchings… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) is the science module
of the Canadian-built Fine Guidance Sensor onboard the James Webb Space Telescope …

A survey of stellar families: multiplicity of solar-type stars

D Raghavan, HA McAlister, TJ Henry… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of a comprehensive assessment of companions to solar-type stars. A
sample of 454 stars, including the Sun, was selected from the Hipparcos catalog with π> 40 …

Improved age estimation for solar-type dwarfs using activity-rotation diagnostics

EE Mamajek, LA Hillenbrand - The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
While the strong anticorrelation between chromospheric activity and age has led to the
common use of the Ca ii H and K emission index (R^{\prime} _ {\mathrm {HK}\,}= L …

Individual dynamical masses of ultracool dwarfs

TJ Dupuy, MC Liu - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the full results of our decade-long astrometric monitoring programs targeting 31
ultracool binaries with component spectral types M7–T5. Joint analysis of resolved imaging …

Giant planet companion to 2MASSW J1207334-393254

G Chauvin, AM Lagrange, C Dumas… - Astronomy & …, 2005 - aanda.org
We report new VLT/NACO imaging observations of the young, nearby brown dwarf
2MASSW J1207334-393254 and its suggested planetary mass companion (2M1207 b) …

The Gemini/NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: The frequency of planets around young moving group stars

BA Biller, MC Liu, Z Wahhaj, EL Nielsen… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We report results of a direct imaging survey for giant planets around 80 members of the β
Pic, TW Hya, Tucana-Horologium, AB Dor, and Hercules-Lyra moving groups, observed as …

A companion to AB Pic at the planet/brown dwarf boundary

G Chauvin, AM Lagrange, B Zuckerman… - Astronomy & …, 2005 - aanda.org
We report deep imaging observations of the young, nearby star AB Pic, a member of the
large Tucana-Horologium association. We have detected a faint, red source South of the star …

Discovery of Hα emission from the close companion inside the gap of transitional disk HD 142527

LM Close, KB Follette, JR Males, A Puglisi… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We utilized the new high-order 585 actuator Magellan Adaptive Optics system (MagAO) to
obtain very high-resolution visible light images of HD 142527 with MagAO's VisAO science …

Young nearby loose associations

CAO Torres, GR Quast, CHF Melo… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2008 - arxiv.org
A significant population of stars with ages younger than the Pleiades exists in the solar
neighborhood. They are grouped in loose young associations, sharing similar kinematical …