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50 Years of Brown Dwarfs - From Prediction to Discovery to Forefront of Research (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
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50 Years of Brown Dwarfs - From Prediction to Discovery to Forefront of Research (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 401
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The years 2012/2013 mark the 50th anniversary of the theoretical
prediction that Brown Dwarfs, i.e. degenerate objects which are
just not massive enough to sustain stable hydrogen fusion, exist.
Some 20 years after their discovery, how Brown Dwarfs form is still
one of the main open questions in the theory of star formation. In
this volume, the pioneers of Brown Dwarf research review the
history of the theoretical prediction and the subsequent discovery
of Brown Dwarfs. After an introduction, written by Viki Joergens,
reviewing Shiv Kumar's theoretical prediction of the existence of
brown dwarfs, Takenori Nakano reviews his and Hayashi's calculation
of the Hydrogen Burning Minimum Mass. Both predictions happened in
the early 1960s. Jill Tarter then writes on the introduction of the
term 'Brown Dwarf', before Ben Oppenheimer, Rafael Rebolo and Gibor
Basri describe their first discovery of Brown Dwarfs in the 1990s.
Lastly, Michael Cushing and Isabelle Baraffe describe the
development of the field to the current state of the art. While the
book is mainly aimed at the Brown Dwarf research community, the
description of the pioneering period in a scientific field will
attract general readers interested in astronomy as well.
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