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most citedThe Field Substellar Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20-pc Census of 525 L, T, and Y Dwarfs

171 citations · 798 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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30 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Panchromatic View of the Frigid Jovian Exoplanet COCONUTS-2 b

Matthieu Ravet, Mickaël Bonnefoy, Gaël Chauvin +24

We use a high signal-to-noise MIRI-LRS spectrum (5.45 - 11 m, R ) of COCONUTS-2~b revealing prominent molecular features of HO, CH and NH. This dataset…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

The Diversity of Cold Worlds: Age and Characterization of the Exoplanet COCONUTS-2b

Rocio Kiman, Charles A. Beichman, Azul Ruiz Diaz +19

Studying cold brown dwarfs is key to understanding the diverse characteristics of cold giant exoplanets atmospheres. COCONUTS-2, is a wide binary system composed of a T9 brown dwar…

astro-ph.SR2025

Diversity of Cold Worlds: Predicted Near- to Mid-infrared Spectral Signatures of a Cold Brown Dwarf with Potential Auroral Heating

Genaro Suárez, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Ben Burningham +12

Recent JWST/NIRSpec observations have revealed strong methane emission at 3.326 microns in the 482 K brown dwarf CWISEP J193518.59154620.3 (W1935). Atmospheric modeling…

astro-ph.EP2025

Discovery of the Second Y+Y Dwarf Binary System: CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3

Matthew De Furio, Jacqueline Kelly Faherty, Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi +10

We present the discovery of a companion to the Y-dwarf, CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3, the second Y-Y dwarf binary detected to date. Y-dwarfs are the coldest known free-floating objec…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited

Diversity of Cold Worlds: A Near Complete Spectral Energy Distribution for 2MASS J04151954-0935066 using JWST

Sherelyn Alejandro Merchan, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Genaro Suárez +25

We present the a near complete spectral energy distribution (SED) for an extrasolar world: the T8 brown dwarf 2MASS~J041519540935066. Spanning from optical to mid-infrared (0.7-…

astro-ph.SR2025

The Diversity of Cold Worlds: a blended-light binary straddling the T/Y transition in brown dwarfs

Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Genaro Suarez +22

We present the first brown dwarf spectral binary characterized with JWST: WISE J014656.66+423410.0, the coldest blended-light brown dwarf binary straddling the T/Y transition. We o…

astro-ph.SR2024

Accurate and Model Independent Radius Determination of Single FGK and M Dwarfs Using Gaia DR3 Data

Rocio Kiman, Timothy D. Brandt, Jacqueline K. Faherty +1

Measuring fundamental stellar parameters is key to fully comprehending the evolution of stars. However, current theoretical models over-predict effective temperatures, and under-pr…

astro-ph.SR2024

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

Federico Marocco, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Adam C. Schneider +31

We present the discovery of 13 new widely separated T dwarf companions to M dwarf primaries, identified using WISE/NEOWISE data by the CatWISE and Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 35 cited

Methane Emission From a Cool Brown Dwarf

Jacqueline K. Faherty, Ben Burningham, Jonathan Gagné +21

Beyond our solar system, aurorae have been inferred from radio observations of isolated brown dwarfs (e.g. Hallinan et al. 2006; Kao et al. 2023). Within our solar system, giant pl…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 2 cited

High-Precision Atmospheric Constraints for a Cool T Dwarf from JWST Spectroscopy

Callie E. Hood, Sagnick Mukherjee, Jonathan J. Fortney +12

We present observations of the T8 dwarf 2MASS 0415-0935 with JWST's NIRSpec spectrograph using the G395H grating ( 2.87 - 5.14 m). We perform the first atmospheric retriev…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 2 cited

The Initial Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20-pc Census of 3,600 Stars and Brown Dwarfs

J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Federico Marocco, Christopher R. Gelino +85

A complete accounting of nearby objects -- from the highest-mass white dwarf progenitors down to low-mass brown dwarfs -- is now possible, thanks to an almost complete set of trigo…

astro-ph.EP2023

A Wolf 359 in sheep's clothing: Hunting for substellar companions in the fifth-closest system using combined high-contrast imaging and radial velocity analysis

Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Philip M. Hinz +16

Wolf 359 (CN Leo, GJ 406, Gaia DR3 3864972938605115520) is a low-mass star in the fifth-closest neighboring system (2.41 pc). Because of its relative youth and proximity, Wolf 359…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Dynamical Masses and Ages of Sirius-like Systems

Hengyue Zhang, Timothy D. Brandt, Rocio Kiman +4

We measure precise orbits and dynamical masses and derive age constraints for six confirmed and one candidate Sirius-like systems, including the Hyades member HD 27483. Our orbital…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 20 cited

Surveying Nearby Brown Dwarfs with HGCA: Direct Imaging Discovery of a Faint, High-Mass Brown Dwarf Orbiting HD 176535 A

Yiting Li, Timothy D. Brandt, G. Mirek Brandt +16

Brown dwarfs with well-measured masses, ages and luminosities provide direct benchmark tests of substellar formation and evolutionary models. We report the first results from a dir…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 11 cited

Examining the Rotation Period Distribution of the 40 Myr Tucana-Horologium Association with TESS

Mark Popinchalk, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Jason L. Curtis +6

The Tucana-Horologium Association (Tuc-Hor) is a 40 Myr old moving group in the southern sky. In this work, we measure the rotation periods of 313 Tuc-Hor objects with TESS light c…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 21 cited

The Oceanus Moving Group: A New 500 Myr-Old Host for the Nearest Brown Dwarf

Jonathan Gagné, Leslie Moranta, Jacqueline K. Faherty +5

We report the discovery of the Oceanus moving group, a 500 Myr-old group with 50 members and candidate members at distances 2-50 pc from the Sun using an unsupervised clu…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 34 cited

wdwarfdate: A Python Package to Derive Bayesian Ages of White Dwarfs

Rocio Kiman, Siyi Xu, Jacqueline K. Faherty +5

White dwarfs have been successfully used as cosmochronometers in the literature, however their reach has been limited in comparison to their potential. We present wdwarfdate, a pub…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 16 cited

The POKEMON Speckle Survey of Nearby M Dwarfs. I. New Discoveries

Catherine A. Clark, Gerard T. van Belle, Elliott P. Horch +4

M dwarfs are favorable targets for exoplanet detection with current instrumentation, but stellar companions can induce false positives and inhibit planet characterization. Knowledg…

astro-ph.SR2022

Discovery of 34 low-mass comoving systems using NOIRLab Source Catalog DR2

Frank Kiwy, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Aaron Meisner +14

We present the discovery of 34 comoving systems containing an ultra-cool dwarf found by means of the NOIRLab Source Catalog (NSC) DR2. NSC's angular resolution of 1" allows f…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 4 cited

Discovery of a low-mass comoving system using NOIRLab Source Catalog DR2

Frank Kiwy, Jacqueline Faherty, Aaron Meisner +6

We present the discovery of a low-mass comoving system found by means of the NOIRLab Source Catalog (NSC) DR2. The system consists of the high proper-motion star LEHPM 5005 and an…

astro-ph.EP2021

Ross 19B: An Extremely Cold Companion Discovered via the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project

Adam C. Schneider, Aaron M. Meisner, Jonathan Gagne +27

Through the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project, we have identified a wide-separation (10', 9900 au projected) substellar companion to the nearby (1…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 58 cited

Evaluating Rotation Periods of M Dwarfs Across the Ages

Mark Popinchalk, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Rocio Kiman +5

In this work we examine M dwarf rotation rates at a range of ages to establish benchmarks for Mdwarf gyrochronology. This work includes a sample of 713 spectroscopically-classified…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 59 cited

Calibration of the Halpha Age-Activity relation for M dwarfs

Rocio Kiman, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Kelle L. Cruz +6

In this work, we calibrate the relationship between Halpha emission and M dwarf ages. We compile a sample of 892 M dwarfs with Halpha equivalent width (HaEW) measurements from the…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 44 cited

Gyro-Kinematic Ages for around 30,000 Kepler Stars

Yuxi, Lu, Ruth Angus +3

Estimating stellar ages is important for advancing our understanding of stellar and exoplanet evolution and investigating the history of the Milky Way. However, ages for low-mass s…