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most citedFurther Defining Spectral Type "Y" and Exploring the Low-mass End of the Field Brown Dwarf Mass Function

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astro-ph.SR2026

JWST Observations of the Metal-poor T Dwarf WISEA J155349.96+693355.2: The First Brown Dwarf Associated with the Gaia-Enceladus Milky Way Substructure

Aaron M. Meisner, Adam J. Burgasser, Chih-Chun Hsu +15

We present JWST NIRSpec and MIRI observations of the metal-poor T dwarf WISEA J155349.96+693355.2. The combined NIRSpec/prism plus MIRI/LRS spectrum (R ~ 100) provides 0.6-12 m…

astro-ph.SR2026

Metal-poor Brown Dwarf Kinematics from JWST NIRSpec Spectroscopy

Chih-Chun Hsu, Christopher A. Theissen, Adam J. Burgasser +14

Galactic archaeology relies on stellar kinematics and chemical abundances to identify various stellar populations and associations. With JWST, Galactic archaeology of ancient metal…

astro-ph.EP2026

Time-resolved JWST Retrieval Analysis of the Coldest Brown Dwarf: Temperature and Chemical Variations in WISE 0855-07

Harshil Kothari, Caroline V. Morley, Brittany E. Miles +12

WISE J0855-07 is the coldest known brown dwarf (estimated Teff~250 K), offering a rare opportunity to probe atmospheric physics in the temperature and mass regime that overlaps dir…

astro-ph.EP2026

Water Cloud and Chemical Modulations in the Coldest Brown Dwarf

Brittany E. Miles, James Mang, Caroline V. Morley +24

We present high signal-to-noise, medium resolution (R ~ 1000), time-series JWST/NIRSpec spectra of WISE 0855 (265K), the coldest known brown dwarf. Medium resolution, time-series s…

astro-ph.SR2026

A Spitzer Space Telescope Exploration Science Program to Search for Y Dwarf Variability

Michael C. Cushing, Jesica L. Trucks, Kevin K. Hardegree-Ullman +10

We present the results of a Spitzer Space Telescope Exploration Science Program to search for and characterize variability in Y dwarfs. We observed 14 Y dwarfs over a 24 hr period…

astro-ph.SR2026

A Comprehensive Atmospheric Retrieval Analysis of 22 James Webb Space Telescope Spectral Energy Distributions of Cool Brown Dwarfs

Harshil Kothari, Michael C. Cushing, Samuel A. Beiler +5

We present a uniform atmospheric retrieval analysis of 22 late-T and Y-type brown dwarfs within 20 pc, observed with the James Webb Space Telescope NIRSpec PRISM and MIRI LRS. This…