FURTHER DEFINING SPECTRAL TYPE "Y" AND EXPLORING THE LOW-MASS END OF THE FIELD BROWN DWARF MASS FUNCTION
@article{Kirkpatrick2012FURTHERDS, title={FURTHER DEFINING SPECTRAL TYPE "Y" AND EXPLORING THE LOW-MASS END OF THE FIELD BROWN DWARF MASS FUNCTION}, author={J. Kirkpatrick and C. Gelino and Michael C. Cushing and G. Mace and R. L. Griffith and M. Skrutskie and K. A. Marsh and E. Wright and P. Eisenhardt and I. Mclean and A. Mainzer and A. Burgasser and C. G.Tinney and Stephen Parker and G. Salter}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2012}, volume={753}, pages={156} }
We present the discovery of another seven Y dwarfs from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Using these objects, as well as the first six WISE Y dwarf discoveries from Cushing et al., we further explore the transition between spectral types T and Y. We find that the T/Y boundary roughly coincides with the spot where the J-H colors of brown dwarfs, as predicted by models, turn back to the red. Moreover, we use preliminary trigonometric parallax measurements to show that the T/Y… CONTINUE READING
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