Session 6 Brown Dwarf Stars

Poster, Monday, January 5, 2004, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

6.01 Optical/Near-Infrared Selected Brown Dwarf Candidates in the OMC 2/3 Protostellar Cluster

D. E. Peterson (Univ. of Rochester), S. T. Megeath, K. L. Luhman (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), J. L. Pipher (Univ. of Rochester), D. Barrado y Navascues (LAEFF-INTA), J. R. Stauffer (SSC, Caltech), L. E. Allen, P. C. Myers (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

6.02 A FLAMINGOS Survey for Young Brown Dwarfs in the L1630 Molecular Cloud

J. L. Levine, E. A. Lada, R. J. Elston (University of Florida)

6.03 The Substellar Mass Function: A Bayesian Approach

P.R. Allen (University of Pennsylvania), D.W. Koerner (Northern Arizona University), I.N. Reid (Space Telescope Science Institute)

6.04 Low-mass Companions to van Maanen 2 and Other Nearby Stars

V. Makarov (Michelson Science Center, Caltech)

6.05 Alkali Halide Opacity in Brown Dwarf and Cool Stellar Atmospheres: A Study of Lithium Chloride

K. Kirby (ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), P. F. Weck (University of Georgia), A. Schweitzer (Hamburger Sternwarte, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany), P. C. Stancil (University of Georgia), P. H. Hauschildt (Hamburger Sternwarte, Universitaet Hamburg)

6.06 The Sodium Hydride Line Opacity for Brown Dwarf and Extra-solar Giant Planet Atmospheres

A. Horvath (Lycoming College), P. C. Stancil (University of Georgia), B. K. Taylor (University of Texas at Tyler), T. Leininger, F. X. Gadéa (Université Paul Sabatier)

6.07 Fossils in the Photosphere: Condensation Temperature Trends in the Chemical Abundances of Stars with Radial-Velocity Companions

C. Laws (University of Washington), G. Gonzalez (Iowa State University), K. M. Walker (Ohio State University), S. Tyagi, J. Dodsworth, K. Snider (University of Washington), N. B. Suntzeff (Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory)