The University of Western Ontario

$100,000.00 CAD

≈ 16 months of average Canadian pay
Department
Canadian Space Agency
Program
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2024-2025
Agreement period
March 10, 2025 – March 1, 2027
Reference
csa-asc:003-2024-2025-Q4-00022

Published purpose

Isolated brown dwarfs are good examples of what extrasolar planets look like, while also being much easier to study as their observations are not hindered by the glare of a host star. This project will study how the content and properties of brown dwarf clouds depend on the temperature and pressure in their atmospheres, and thereby on their age. The observations will be very important for understanding the clouds and atmospheres of both brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets, and for interpreting future observations with JWST.

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