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47 new T dwarfs from the UKIDDS large area survey
(2010)
We report the discovery of 47 new T dwarfs in the Fourth Data Release (DR4) from the Large Area Survey (LAS) of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) Infrared Deep Sky Survey with spectral types ranging from T0 to ...
NACO-SDI imaging of known companion host stars from the AAPS and Keck planet search surveys
(2010)
Context. Direct imaging of brown dwarfs as companions to solar-type stars can provide a wealth of well-constrained data to “benchmark” the physics of such objects, since quantities like metallicity and age can be determined ...
The frequency of low-mass exoplanets. II. The "Period Valley"
(2010)
Radial-velocity planet search campaigns are now beginning to detect low-mass "Super-Earth" planets, with minimum masses M sin i 10 M ⊕. Using two independently developed methods, we have derived detection limits from nearly ...
The discovery of a very cool, very nearby brown dwarf in the Galactic plane
(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 ...
A super-earth and two Neptunes orbiting the nearby sun-like star 61 Virginis
(2010)
We present precision radial velocity data that reveal a multiple exoplanet system orbiting the bright nearby G5V star 61 Virginis. Our 4.6 years of combined Keck/HIRES and Anglo-Australian Telescope precision radial ...
Low-mass Objects in Moving Groups
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2010)
We present here the kinematic study of part of a 132 target sample of low-mass objects, previously selected by photometric and astrometric criteria as possible members to five young moving groups (MGs): Local Association ...
A search for molecules in the atmosphere of HD 189733b
(2010)
We use signal enhancement techniques and a matched filter analysis to search for the K-band spectroscopic absorption signature of the close orbiting extrasolar giant planet, HD 189733b. With time-series observations taken ...
Discovery of the first L dwarf plus giant binary system and eight other ultracool dwarfs in wide binaries
(2010)
We identify 806 ultracool dwarfs (of which 34 are newly discovered L dwarfs) from their Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) riz photometry and obtain proper motions through cross-matching with the United Kingdom Infrared ...
Mid-infrared photometry of cold brown dwarfs : diversity in age, mass and metallicity
(2010)
We present new Spitzer Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) photometry of 12 very late-type T dwarfs: nine have [3.6], [4.5], [5.8], and [8.0] photometry and three have [3.6] and [4.5] photometry only. Combining this with previously ...
Discovery of the first white dwarf + T dwarf binary system and the use of white dwarfs as age calibrators
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2010)
We present the discovery of the first white dwarf + T dwarf binary system. Systems containing a white dwarf and a brown dwarf are rare but can be used to place constraints on the age of the binary, making them valuable ...