@inproceedings{586d2deaa95748e4b538bf868b06091d,
title = "Discovery of the first white dwarf + T dwarf binary system and the use of white dwarfs as age calibrators",
abstract = "We present the discovery of the first white dwarf + T dwarf binary system. Systems containing a white dwarf and a brown dwarf are rare but can be used to place constraints on the age of the binary, making them valuable benchmark systems. It is currently not possible to calculate brown dwarf ages from models alone and white dwarfs provide an opportunity to aid the calibration of these models. We describe our program to identify such benchmark binary systems in the latest releases of UKIDSS/SDSS and review the level of constraints currently provided by benchmark objects. Finally we describe the niche age space that white dwarf + brown dwarf binary systems can provide and look at how many more systems may be identified in future surveys, such as VISTA and WISE.",
keywords = "white dwarfs, binary stars, spectroscopy",
author = "Avril Day-Jones and D.J. Pinfield and M. Ruiz and H. Beaumont and J. Gallardo and A. Gianninas and P. Bergeron and Ralf Napiwotzki and J.S. Jenkins and B. Burningham and Z.H. Zhang and H.R.A. Jones and D. Murray and Silvia Catalan and {Ines Gomes}, Joana",
note = "“Copyright 2010 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.”; 17th European White Dwarf Workshop ; Conference date: 16-08-2010 Through 20-08-2010",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1063/1.3527843",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-7354-0823-4",
volume = "1273",
series = "AIP Conf Procs",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics (AIP)",
pages = "366--371 ",
editor = "K Werner and T Rauch",
booktitle = "17th European White Dwarf Workshop",
address = "United States",
edition = "1st",
}