Alkali Metals and the Color of Brown Dwarfs
Abstract
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I summarize some of the consequences for the optical and very-near-infrared spectra of T dwarfs (in particular) and brown dwarfs (in general) of their possible dominance by the neutral alkali metal lines. As a byproduct of this study, I estimate the true optical color of ``brown'' dwarfs.
8 pages, LaTeX, 5 figures, to be published in Ultracool Dwarfs, a Special Session of the I.A.U. General Assembly held August 12, 2000 in Manchester, England, eds. Hugh Jones and Iain Steele, Springer-Verlag: Lecture Notes in Physics series
8 pages, LaTeX, 5 figures, to be published in Ultracool Dwarfs, a Special Session of the I.A.U. General Assembly held August 12, 2000 in Manchester, England, eds. Hugh Jones and Iain Steele, Springer-Verlag: Lecture Notes in Physics series