Physicists discover rare brown dwarf, essential for testing theoretical models
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
A team led by Justin Crepp, the Frank M. Freimann Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, has discovered a rare brown dwarf, a faint object with properties in between that of a star and planet. In addition to taking its picture for the first time, Crepp's team also determined the brown dwarf's mass, age and composition—essential information that can be used to "benchmark" the study of these elusive objects.