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- Presents a comprehensive review of both the astrophysical nature of individual red dwarf and brown dwarf stars and their collective statistical properties
- Revised edition includes important new material on observational techniques, stellar acivity, the Galactic halo and field star surveys
- Details many discoveries of new brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets made since publication of the first edition
- Updates observational results and theoretical work in a state-of-the-art review of current knowledge of very low-mass stars, brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets
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Part of the book sub series: Astronomy and Planetary Sciences (ASTRONOMY)
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Book Title: New Light on Dark Stars
Book Subtitle: Red Dwarfs, Low-Mass Stars, Brown Stars
Authors: I. Neill Reid, Suzanne L. Hawley
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27610-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-25124-8Published: 06 June 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06418-0Published: 21 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-27610-4Published: 01 September 2006
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 560
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK
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