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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 · 292 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

A SPHEREx Pipeline and Spectral Library for Ultracool Dwarfs

Jonathan Gagné, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Azul Ruiz Diaz +72

We present a Python spectrophotometry extraction tool tailored for fast-moving point sources detected in the SPHEREx mission, and use it to construct a set of 0.75-5.0 m low-res…

astro-ph.SR2026

Three Thousand Motion-Confirmed L and T Dwarf Candidates from the Backyard Worlds:~Planet 9 Citizen Science Project

Adam C. Schneider, Marc J. Kuchner, Jacqueline K. Faherty +73

The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project uses data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to detect infrared objects with significant motion. In this work, we pr…

astro-ph.SR2025

High Proper Motion Discoveries from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey

Wings Zhang, Adam C. Schneider, Thomas P. Bickle +31

We used the third data release of the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey to locate previously unrecognized high proper motion objects. We identify a total of 127 new discoveries with total pr…

astro-ph.SR2024

New Ultracool Companions to Nearby White Dwarfs

Alexia Bravo, Adam C. Schneider, Sarah Casewell +15

We conducted a search for new ultracool companions to nearby white dwarfs using multiple methods, including the analysis of colors and examination of images in both the optical and…

astro-ph.SR2024

New Cold Subdwarf Discoveries from Backyard Worlds and a Metallicity Classification System for T Subdwarfs

Adam J. Burgasser, Adam C. Schneider, Aaron M. Meisner +36

We report the results of a spectroscopic survey of candidate T subdwarfs identified by the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 program. Near-infrared spectra of 31 sources with red co…

astro-ph.SR2024

Discovery of 118 New Ultracool Dwarf Candidates Using Machine Learning Techniques

Hunter Brooks, Dan Caselden, J. Davy Kirkpatrick +44

We present the discovery of 118 new ultracool dwarf candidates, discovered using a new machine learning tool, named \texttt{SMDET}, applied to time series images from the Wide-fiel…

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★ 1 cited

89 New Ultracool Dwarf Co-Moving Companions Identified With The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project

Austin Rothermich, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Daniella Bardalez-Gagliuffi +43

We report the identification of 89 new systems containing ultracool dwarf companions to main sequence stars and white dwarfs, using the citizen science project Backyard Worlds: Pla…

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.SR2022★ 5 cited

Discovery of a Mid-L Dwarf Companion to the L 262-74 System

Léopold Gramaize, Adam C. Schneider, Federico Marocco +9

We present the discovery of CWISE J151044.74524923.5, a wide low-mass companion to the nearby (24.7 pc) system L 262-74, which was identified through the Backyard Worlds:…

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★ 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…