Bibcode
Day-Jones, A. C.; Pinfield, D. J.; Ruiz, M. T.; Burningham, B.; Jenkins, J. S.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Zhang, Z. H.; Gallardo, J.; Gálvez-Ortiz, M. C.; Murray, D. N.; Gomes, J.
Referencia bibliográfica
16th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 448, proceedings of a conference held August 28- September 2, 2010 at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Edited by Christopher M. Johns-Krull, Matthew K. Browning, and Andrew A. West. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.833
Fecha de publicación:
12
2011
Número de citas
1
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
Since the discovery of the first brown dwarfs (Tiede 1; Rebolo et al.
1995, Gliese 229B; Nakajima et al. 1995) the complement of identified
brown dwarfs has grown to over 700. Yet our understanding of these cool
objects is still somewhat lacking. Current models struggle to reproduce
the observed variation in photometric and spectroscopic properties with
good accuracy. What is needed is a way to aid and calibrate the models.
This may be provided by 'benchmark' brown dwarfs, whose properties (e.g.
age, mass, [Fe/H]) can be independently determined with minimal or no
need to reference models. Such objects are not common however, and the
level of accuracy on those constraints is not always high. We review the
status of the current population of age benchmark brown dwarfs and
summarise how these currently calibrate the Teff
/logg /[Fe/H] parameter space. Finally we look at the
potential for future discoveries that can be made from ongoing and
near-future surveys.