An Introduction to Brown Dwarfs - From very-low-mass stars to super-Jupiters

This book provides an introduction to brown dwarfs aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, supplementing stellar astrophysics or (exo)planetary science classes. It emphasises key theoretical ideas, including brown dwarf concepts, atmospheres, formation, initial mass function, and the main observational results that support those ideas.
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Product details

• Authors: John Gizis, John (University of Delaware (United States)) Gizis
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 20.12.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9780750333856
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-3385-6
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 446 g
• Illustrations: With figures in colour and black and white; 50 Illustrations
• Series: AAS-IOP Astronomy; IOP ebooks
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy