Browsing by Author "Leggett, S. K."

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    • Blue not brown: UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey T dwarfs with suppressed K-band flux 

      Murray, D. N.; Burningham, B.; Jones, H.R.A.; Pinfield, D.J.; Lucas, P.W.; Leggett, S. K.; Tinney, C. G.; Day-Jones, A. C.; Weights, D. J.; Lodieu, N.; Perez Prieto, J. A.; Nickson, E.; Zhang, Z. H.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Jenkins, J. S.; Tamura, M. (2011-06)
      We have used blue near-infrared colours to select a group of 12 spectroscopically confirmed United Kingdom InfraRed Telescope (UKIRT) Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) T dwarfs later than T4. From amongst these, we identify ...

    • The discovery of a very cool, very nearby brown dwarf in the Galactic plane 

      Lucas, P.W.; Tinney, C. G.; Burningham, B.; Leggett, S. K.; Pinfield, D.J.; Smart, Richard; Jones, H.R.A.; Marocco, F.; Barber, Robert J.; Yurchenko, Sergei N.; Tennyson, Jonathan; Ishii, Miki; Tamura, Motohide; Day-Jones, Avril C.; Adamson, Andrew; Allard, France; Homeier, Derek (2010)
      We report the discovery of a very cool, isolated brown dwarf, UGPS 0722−05, with the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Galactic Plane Survey. The near-infrared spectrum displays deeper H2O and CH4 ...