Bridging the Gap Between Stars and Planets: The Formation and Early Evolution of Brown Dwarfs

Subhanjoy Mohanty , Adam Burgasser , Gilles Chabrier , Paolo Padoan , Patrick Hennebelle , Ilaria Pascucci , Adam Kraus , Isabelle Baraffe

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Keivan Stassun Jane Greaves Ansgar Reiners Mike Dunham Aleks Scholz Ben Oppenheimer Tom Ray Daniel Apai Alyssa Goodman Kelle Cruz Louisa Rebull Estelle Moraux

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This White Paper, submitted to the National Academy of Sciences' Astro2010 Decadal Review Committee, focuses on 2 central themes in the study of young brown dwarfs -- their formation mechanism and disk characteristics -- which are of direct relevance to fundamental questions of stellar and planetary origins and properties.

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Bridging the Gap Between Stars and Planets: The Formation and Early Evolution of Brown Dwarfs

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