An Introduction to Brown Dwarfs: From very-low-mass stars to super-Jupiters - Paperback

by John Gizis (Author)

This book provides an introduction to brown dwarfs aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, supplementing stellar astrophysics or (exo)planetary science classes. It emphasises key theoretical ideas, including brown dwarf concepts, atmospheres, formation, initial mass function, and the main observational results that support those ideas.