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Brown Dwarf Formation

Brown Dwarf Formation is a theoretical framework within stellar evolution models that explains the developmental processes by which sub-stellar objects originate from gravitational collapse of molecular cloud fragments insufficient to sustain hydrogen fusion, thereby distinguishing them from main-sequence star formation.

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737

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330

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2017–2026

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207

Discovery of a cool brown dwarf

Tadashi Nakajima, Rebecca Oppenheimer, S. R. Kulkarni et al. · Nature · 1995 · 817 citations

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The formation of a star cluster: predicting the properties of stars and brown dwarfs

Matthew R. Bate, I. A. Bonnell, Volker Bromm · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 784 citations · Full text

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The Evolution of L and T Dwarfs in Color‐Magnitude Diagrams

D. Saumon, Mark S. Marley · The Astrophysical Journal · 2008 · 690 citations · Full text

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The Formation of Brown Dwarfs as Ejected Stellar Embryos

The Astronomical Journal · 2001 · 599 citations · Full text

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A Planetary Companion to 70 Virginis

Geoffrey W. Marcy, R. Paul Butler · The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 498 citations

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Authors

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  1. HB
    H. Bouy

    Centro de Astrobiología, Spain

    8 publications · 341 citations

    8

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  2. AP
    A. P. Whitworth

    Cardiff University, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 487 citations

    7

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  3. RJ
    Ray Jayawardhana

    University of Toronto, Canada

    7 publications · 378 citations

    7

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  4. NH
    N. Huélamo

    Centro de Astrobiología, Spain

    7 publications · 315 citations

    7

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  5. DB
    D. Barrado

    Centro de Astrobiología, Spain

    7 publications · 252 citations

    7

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Institutions

330

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    103 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    16 h-index

    46 publications

    5.7K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    16 h-index

    52 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. European Southern Observatory

    Santiago, Chile

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. European Southern Observatory

    Garching bei München, Germany

    14 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    52 publications · 3.6K citations

    32

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 41 publications · 5.2K citations

    31

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    40 publications · 3.9K citations

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  4. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 14 publications · 741 citations

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  5. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 7 publications · 168 citations

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