The field substellar mass function based on the full-sky 20 pc census of 525 L, T, and Y dwarfs

JD Kirkpatrick, CR Gelino, JK Faherty… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present final Spitzer trigonometric parallaxes for 361 L, T, and Y dwarfs. We combine
these with prior studies to build a list of 525 known L, T, and Y dwarfs within 20 pc of the …

The Hawaii infrared parallax program. I. Ultracool binaries and the L/T transition

TJ Dupuy, MC Liu - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first results from our high-precision infrared (IR) astrometry program at the
Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope. We measure parallaxes for 83 ultracool dwarfs …

Individual Dynamical Masses of Ultracool Dwarfs

TJ Dupuy, MC Liu - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the full results of our decade-long astrometric monitoring programs targeting 31
ultracool binaries with component spectral types M7–T5. Joint analysis of resolved imaging …

A Volume-limited Sample of Ultracool Dwarfs. I. Construction, Space Density, and a Gap in the L/T Transition

WMJ Best, MC Liu, EA Magnier… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new volume-limited sample of L0–T8 dwarfs out to 25 pc defined entirely by
parallaxes, using our recent measurements from UKIRT/WFCAM along with Gaia DR2 and …

VIRAC: the VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue

LC Smith, PW Lucas, R Kurtev, R Smart… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present VIRAC version 1, a near-infrared proper motion and parallax catalogue of the
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey for 312 587 642 unique sources averaged …

The Hawaii Infrared Parallax Program. VI. The Fundamental Properties of 1000+ Ultracool Dwarfs and Planetary-mass Objects Using Optical to Mid-infrared Spectral …

A Sanghi, MC Liu, WMJ Best, TJ Dupuy… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We derive the bolometric luminosities (L bol) of 865 field-age and 189 young ultracool
dwarfs (spectral types M6–T9, including 40 new discoveries presented here) by directly …

SpeX Spectroscopy of Unresolved Very Low Mass Binaries. I. Identification of 17 Candidate Binaries Straddling the L Dwarf/T Dwarf Transition

AJ Burgasser, KL Cruz, M Cushing… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the identification of 17 candidate brown dwarf binaries whose components
straddle the L dwarf/T dwarf transition. These sources were culled from a large near-infrared …

Meeting the cool neighbors. IX. The luminosity function of M7-L8 ultracool dwarfs in the field

KL Cruz, IN Reid, JD Kirkpatrick… - The Astronomical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a 20 pc, volume-limited sample of M7-L8 dwarfs created through spectroscopic
follow-up of sources selected from the Two Micron All Sky Survey Second Incremental …

The SpeX Prism Library: 1000+ low-resolution, near-infrared spectra of ultracool M, L, T and Y dwarfs

AJ Burgasser - arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.4887, 2014 - arxiv.org
The SpeX Prism Library (SPL) is a uniform compilation of low-resolution (R~ 75-120), near-
infrared (0.8-2.5 micron) spectra spanning a decade of observations with the IRTF SpeX …

Two directly imaged, wide-orbit giant planets around the young, solar analog TYC 8998-760-1

AJ Bohn, MA Kenworthy, C Ginski… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Even though tens of directly imaged companions have been discovered in the past decades,
the number of directly confirmed multiplanet systems is still small. Dynamical analysis of …