Brown dwarfs: the stars that failed

被引：13

作者：

Tinney, CG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Anglo Australian Observ, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia

来源：

NATURE | 1999年 / 397卷 / 6714期

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D O I：

10.1038/16195

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

In recent years, new astronomical instruments have reversed three decades of fruitless searching for brown dwarfs, the failed stars that are too small to burn nuclear fuel. These discoveries have confirmed predictions about the importance of methane and dust in the atmospheres of brown dwarfs. But they also demonstrate that, contrary to expectation, brown dwarfs do not contribute significantly to our Galaxy's dark matter.

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