UKIDSS T dwarfs and the Galactic halo
About my research Hello. My name's David Murray and I'm a PhD candidate with the University of Hertfordshire's Low-Mass Group. I am currently working on methods to identify and characterise metal-poor T dwarfs from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey. In particular I'm seeking to find T dwarfs that belong to the Galactic halo population. As part of this work my collaborators and I have identified two kinematic halo-candidates, ULAS J0926+0835 and ULAS J1319+1209. In addition we have also re-selected the binary benchmark Hip 73786B, which is companion to the metal-poor K5 star Hip 73786A.
Also on this site... Papers: a list of my papers Halo objects: more on the two halo candidates from Murray et al (2011). The binary: some further details on Hip 73786A, including a spectrum. Benchmarks: a list of T dwarf binary systems. Links: web links of possible interest.	Contact Mail: Rm E118A, Centre for Astronomy Research, College Lane, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB Phone: +44 1707 6144 E-mail: d.murray {AT} herts.ac.uk or davidnm.2009 {AT} gmail.com

UKIDSS T dwarfs and the Galactic halo

About my research

Hello. My name's David Murray and I'm a PhD candidate with the University of Hertfordshire's Low-Mass Group. I am currently working on methods to identify and characterise metal-poor T dwarfs from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey. In particular I'm seeking to find T dwarfs that belong to the Galactic halo population. As part of this work my collaborators and I have identified two kinematic halo-candidates, ULAS J0926+0835 and ULAS J1319+1209. In addition we have also re-selected the binary benchmark Hip 73786B, which is companion to the metal-poor K5 star Hip 73786A.

Also on this site...

Papers: a list of my papers
Halo objects: more on the two halo candidates from Murray et al (2011).
The binary: some further details on Hip 73786A, including a spectrum.
Benchmarks: a list of T dwarf binary systems.
Links: web links of possible interest.

Contact

Mail: Rm E118A, Centre for Astronomy Research, College Lane, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB
Phone: +44 1707 6144
E-mail: d.murray {AT} herts.ac.uk or davidnm.2009 {AT} gmail.com