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X-Ray Detection of Brown Dwarfs with Chandra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Scott J. Wolk
Scott J. Wolk*
Affiliation:
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge MA. 02138, U.S.A.

Abstract

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I review recent observations of brown dwarfs by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. These observations fall in 2 categories, young stellar clusters which contain brown dwarfs and brown dwarf candidates and directed pointings at brown dwarfs and very low mass stars. Surprisingly, there are already over 60 published detections of brown dwarfs by Chandra. A review of the X–ray characteristics shows these objects are subject to flaring and their temperatures and luminosities have a vast range which is related to age.

Type
Part 8. Activity and Weather
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 211: Brown Dwarfs , 2003 , pp. 447 - 450
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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