50 years of brown dwarfs from prediction to discovery to forefront of research Viki Joergens, editor

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joergens, Viki, editor.

Series:

Astrophysics and space science library v. 401

Astrophysics and Space Science Library 401

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown dwarf stars.

Astrophysics.

Astronomy.

astrophysics.

astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Fifty years of brown dwarfs

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer 2014

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 theory of star formation. In this volume, the pioneers of Brown Dwarf research review the history of the theoretical prediction and the subsequent discovery of Brown Dwarfs. After an introduction, written by Viki Joergens, reviewing Shiv Kumar's theoretical prediction of the existence of brown dwarfs, Takenori Nakano reviews his and Hayashi's calculation of the Hydrogen Burning Minimum Mass. Both predictions happened in the early 1960s. Jill Tarter then writes on the introduction of the term 'Brown Dwarf', before Ben Oppenheimer, Rafael Rebolo and Gibor Basri describe their first discovery of Brown Dwarfs in the 1990s. Lastly, Michael Cushing and Isabelle Baraffe describe the development of the field to the current state of the art. While the book is mainly aimed at the Brown Dwarf research community, the description of the pioneering period in a scientific field will attract general readers interested in astronomy as well

Contents:

The Theoretical Prediction of the Existence of Brown Dwarfs by Shiv S. Kumar Viki Joergens Pre-main Sequence Evolution and the Hydrogen-Burning Minimum Mass Takenori Nakano Brown Is Not a Color: Introduction of the Term 'Brown Dwarf' Jill Tarter Teide 1 and the Discovery of Brown Dwarfs Rafael Rebolo The Discovery of the First Lithium Brown Dwarf: PPl 15 Gibor Basri Companions of Stars: From Other Stars to Brown Dwarfs to Planets and the Discovery of the First Methane Brown Dwarf Ben R. Oppenheimer Ultracool Objects: L, T, and Y Dwarfs Michael C. Cushing Latest News on the Physics of Brown Dwarfs Isabelle Baraffe

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 5, 2014)

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319011622

3319011626

3319011618

9783319011615

OCLC:

868922650

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