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Left panels: comparison between spectroscopically inferred values of Teff (top), R (midd...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Comparison between spectroscopically inferred v...

Comparison between spectroscopically inferred values of Teff (top), R (middle), and ...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Our best-fit effective temperatures for young (...

Our best-fit effective temperatures for young (<300 Myr; blue) and old (≥300 Myr; orange...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Best-fit sedimentation efficiency fsed derived ...

Best-fit sedimentation efficiency fsed derived from the Sonora Diamondback (top) and SM0...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Stacked spectral residuals of our young (<300 M...

Stacked spectral residuals of our young (<300 Myr; left) and old (≥300 Myr; right) bench...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Cumulative distributions (solid lines) of the b...

Cumulative distributions (solid lines) of the best-fit fsed values inferred from the Son...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Stacked spectral residuals of our young (<300 M...

Stacked spectral residuals of our young (<300 Myr; left) and old (≥300 Myr; right) bench...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Cumulative distributions (solid lines) of the b...

Cumulative distributions (solid lines) of the best-fit fsed values inferred from the SM0...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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The observed (black) and best-fit model spectra...

The observed (black) and best-fit model spectra (purple), using the Sonora Diamondback m...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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χ2-based spectral fitting results of three repr...

χ2-based spectral fitting results of three representative targets based on the Sonora Di...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Comparison of spectroscopically inferred Teff, ...

Comparison of spectroscopically inferred Teff, ﹩\mathrm{log}(g)﹩, fsed, and R values bet...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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J-band absolute magnitudes and J − K colors of ...

J-band absolute magnitudes and J − K colors of our sample. Young benchmarks with ages be...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Ages and bolometric luminosities of our benchma...

Ages and bolometric luminosities of our benchmark targets (Table 2), color-coded by spec...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Spectral type distribution of our sample of ben...

Spectral type distribution of our sample of benchmark brown dwarfs and planetary-mass ob...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Best-fit synthetic spectra for all targets usin...

Best-fit synthetic spectra for all targets using the SM08 models (blue) and Sonora Diamo...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Best-fit synthetic spectra for all targets usin...

Best-fit synthetic spectra for all targets using the SM08 models (blue) and Sonora Diamo...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Absolute difference in BIC between spectral fit...

Absolute difference in BIC between spectral fits performed with and without an additiona...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Best-fit extinction coefficient from spectral f...

Best-fit extinction coefficient from spectral fitting using the Sonora Diamondback (left...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Comparison of parameters derived from the Sonor...

Comparison of parameters derived from the Sonora Diamondback evolution model framework u...

Emily Mader et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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R.A. and decl. residuals for the GRAVITY observ...

R.A. and decl. residuals for the GRAVITY observations of β Pictoris b and c with respect...

Isabella Macias et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Predicted separation of both β Pic b and c in o...

Predicted separation of both β Pic b and c in our best-fit “two-planet“ model (solid gra...

Isabella Macias et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Relationship between the K-band brightness rati...

Relationship between the K-band brightness ratio of β Pic b and a hypothetical moon as a...

Isabella Macias et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Upper mass limits for a potential lunar compani...

Upper mass limits for a potential lunar companion to β Pic b as a function of the orbita...

Isabella Macias et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Formation of external magnetic enhancements abo...

Formation of external magnetic enhancements above crustal anomalies. The schematic illus...

Shu-Hua Lai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 999 2

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Representative lunar external magnetic enhancem...

Representative lunar external magnetic enhancement observed by Lunar Prospector (R. P. L...

Shu-Hua Lai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 999 2

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