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The demographics of the L and T dwarf populations

Lead Research Organisation: Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics

Abstract

The student will quantify the properties of the population of L and T dwarfs by analysing the new large homogeneous sample of 1361 sources compiled by Skrzypek et al. The principal goals are i) to derive the luminosity function and scale height of the populations, ii) to derive a quantitative and objective data-driven classification scheme, independent of the current subjective spectral scheme.

Publications

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O'Riordan C (2020) Galaxy mass profiles from strong lensing II: The elliptical power-law model in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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O'Riordan C (2019) Galaxy mass profiles from strong lensing I: the circular power-law model in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Studentship Projects

Project Reference Relationship Related To Start End Student Name
ST/N504336/1 30/09/2015 30/03/2021
1811175 Studentship ST/N504336/1 30/09/2016 30/05/2020 Conor O'RIORDAN