Precise Bolometric Luminosities and Effective Temperatures of 23 late-T and Y dwarfs Obtained with JWST

SA Beiler, MC Cushing, JD Kirkpatrick… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present infrared spectral energy distributions of 23 late-type T and Y dwarfs obtained
with the James Webb Space Telescope. The spectral energy distributions consist of …

Combining Gaia and GRAVITY: Characterising five new directly detected substellar companions

TO Winterhalder, S Lacour, A Mérand… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Precise mass constraints are vital for the characterisation of brown dwarfs and exoplanets.
Here we present how the combination of data obtained by Gaia and GRAVITY can help …

The Variation in the Galaxy-wide Initial Mass Function for Low-mass Stars: Modeling and Observational Insights

Z Yan, J Li, P Kroupa, T Jerabkova… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The stellar initial mass function (IMF) characterizes the mass distribution of newly formed
stars in various cosmic environments, serving as a fundamental assumption in astrophysical …

Observations of pre-and proto-brown dwarfs in nearby clouds: Paving the way to further constraining theories of brown dwarf formation

A Palau, N Huélamo, D Barrado, MM Dunham… - New Astronomy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Brown Dwarfs (BDs) are crucial objects in our understanding of both star and planet
formation, as well as in our understanding of what mechanisms shape the lower end of the …

[HTML][HTML] The Gaia white dwarf revolution

PE Tremblay, A Bédard, MW O'Brien, J Munday… - New Astronomy …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review highlights the role of the Gaia space mission in transforming white dwarf
research. These stellar remnants constitute 5%–7% of the local stellar population in volume …

The JWST/NIRISS deep spectroscopic survey for young brown dwarfs and free-floating planets

AB Langeveld, A Scholz, K Mužić… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery and characterization of free-floating planetary-mass objects (FFPMOs) is
fundamental to our understanding of star and planet formation. Here we report results from …

Gravity or turbulence?–VI. The physics behind the Kennicutt–Schmidt relation

J Ballesteros-Paredes, M Zamora-Avilés… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We explain the large variety of star formation laws in terms of one single, simple law that can
be inferred from the definition of the star formation rate and basic algebra. The resulting …

CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs-VIII. Kinematics in the solar neighbourhood

M Cortés-Contreras, JA Caballero, D Montes… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Aims. Our goals are to characterise the kinematic properties and to identify young and old
stars among the M dwarfs of the CARMENES input catalogue. Methods. We compiled the …

VIRAC2: NIR astrometry and time series photometry for 500M+ stars from the VVV and VVVX surveys

LC Smith, PW Lucas, SE Koposov… - Monthly Notices of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
We present VIRAC2, a catalogue of positions, proper motions, parallaxes and Z, Y, J, H, and
near-infrared photometric time series of 545 346 537 unique stars. The catalogue is based …

Thirteen New M Dwarf+ T Dwarf Pairs Identified with WISE/NEOWISE

F Marocco, JD Kirkpatrick, AC Schneider… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery of 13 new widely separated T dwarf companions to M dwarf
primaries, identified using Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer/NEOWISE data by the …