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A Census of Brown Dwarf Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Wolfgang Brandner  and
Hervé Bouy
Wolfgang Brandner
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Hervé Bouy
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany

Abstract

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Brown dwarf binary systems offer the unique opportunity to measure some of the underlying physical characteristics, like, e.g., the mass. In addition, the individual components of brown dwarf binaries are expected to be coeval and have the same chemical composition. This provides crucial constraints on any (evolutionary) model by greatly reducing the number of free parameters. Finally, brown dwarf binary statistics should shed light on the origin of brown dwarfs and possible formation mechanisms and environments. We summarize on-going surveys for brown dwarf binaries, and present first results of follow-up studies.

Type
Part 6. Searches for Substellar Companions
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 211: Brown Dwarfs , 2003 , pp. 241 - 244
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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