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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

The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project (BDKP). VI. Ultracool Dwarf Radial and Rotational Velocities from SDSS/APOGEE High-resolution Spectroscopy

Chih-Chun Hsu, Adam J. Burgasser, Christopher A. Theissen +11

We present precise measurements of radial (RV) and projected rotational () velocities, effective temperatures, and surface gravities of a sample of 258 M6 to L2 dwarfs wi…

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.SR2023

CWISE J105512.11+544328.3: A Nearby Y Dwarf Spectroscopically Confirmed with Keck/NIRES

Grady Robbins, Aaron M. Meisner, Adam C. Schneider +17

Y dwarfs, the coolest known spectral class of brown dwarfs, overlap in mass and temperature with giant exoplanets, providing unique laboratories for studying low-temperature atmosp…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 11 cited

Discovery of the Exceptionally Short Period Ultracool Dwarf Binary LP 413-53AB

Chih-Chun Hsu, Adam J. Burgasser, Christopher A. Theissen

We report the detection of large-amplitude, rapid radial velocity (RV) variations and line-splitting in high-resolution Keck/NIRSPEC spectra of the M9 dwarf LP 413-53. We attribute…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 20 cited

Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf

Adam C. Schneider, Adam J. Burgasser, Justice Bruursema +26

We present the discovery of CWISE J050626.96073842.4 (CWISE J05060738), an L/T transition dwarf with extremely red near-infrared colors discovered through the Backyard Worlds…

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.SR2022★ 9 cited

CWISE J014611.20-050850.0AB: The Widest Known Brown Dwarf Binary in the Field

Emma Softich, Adam C. Schneider, Jennifer Patience +19

While stars are often found in binary systems, brown dwarf binaries are much rarer. Brown dwarf--brown dwarf pairs are typically difficult to resolve because they often have very s…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 21 cited

A Wide Planetary Mass Companion Discovered Through the Citizen Science Project Backyard Worlds: Planet 9

Jacqueline K. Faherty, Jonathan Gagne, Mark Popinchalk +24

Through the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project we discovered a late-type L dwarf co-moving with the young K0 star BD+60 1417 at a projected separation of 37" or 1662…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 20 cited

Beyond the Local Volume. I. Surface Densities of Ultracool Dwarfs in Deep HST/WFC3 Parallel Fields

Christian Aganze, Adam J Burgasser, Mathew Malkan +6

Ultracool dwarf stars and brown dwarfs provide a unique probe of large-scale Galactic structure and evolution; however, until recently spectroscopic samples of sufficient size, dep…

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.SR2021★ 1 cited

The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project (BDKP). V. Radial and Rotational Velocities of T Dwarfs from Keck/NIRSPEC High-Resolution Spectroscopy

Chih-Chun Hsu, Adam J. Burgasser, Christopher A. Theissen +7

We report multi-epoch radial velocities, rotational velocities, and atmospheric parameters for 37 T-type brown dwarfs observed with Keck/NIRSPEC. Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo f…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 55 cited

New Candidate Extreme T Subdwarfs from the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project

Aaron M. Meisner, Adam C. Schneider, Adam J. Burgasser +29

Schneider et al. (2020) presented the discovery of WISEA J041451.67-585456.7 and WISEA J181006.18-101000.5, which appear to be the first examples of extreme T-type subdwarfs (esdTs…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 171 cited

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

J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Christopher R. Gelino, Jacqueline K. Faherty +49

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 th…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 58 cited

Spitzer Follow-up of Extremely Cold Brown Dwarfs Discovered by the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project

Aaron M. Meisner, Jacqueline K. Faherty, J. Davy Kirkpatrick +40

We present Spitzer follow-up imaging of 95 candidate extremely cold brown dwarfs discovered by the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project, which uses visually perceived…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 49 cited

WISEA J041451.67-585456.7 and WISEA J181006.18-101000.5: The First Extreme T-type Subdwarfs?

Adam C. Schneider, Adam J. Burgasser, Roman Gerasimov +23

We present the discoveries of WISEA J041451.67-585456.7 and WISEA J181006.18-101000.5, two low-temperature (12001400 K), high proper motion T-type subdwarfs. Both objects were d…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 4 cited

2MASS J10274572+0629104: The very short period young M6 Dwarf Binary System identified in K2 data

Rishi R. Paudel, John E. Gizis, Adam J. Burgasser +1

We report the identification of a very low mass new binary system 2MASS J10274572+0629104, based on Kepler K2 photometry and Gaia DR2 astrometry. The K2 light curve is consistent w…