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Scientists have determined the maximum possible mass of a brown dwarf

Ученые определили максимально возможную массу коричневого карликаSubcosta cannot be more than 0,064 – 0,087 times heavier than the Sun.

Astrophysicists from the UK and Canada estimated the maximum possible mass of a brown dwarf — subsidy, which occupies an intermediate position between the planet and the sun.

The study is published on the website arXiv.org.

Scientists considered the upper limit of mass for stars of the main sequence of the diagram of Hertzsprung — Russell, in the earth, another possible fusion reactions involving hydrogen. Based on this approach brown dwarf could not be in 0,064-0.087 times heavier than the Sun.

Most subsisting objects, mass of which exceed the designated limit, it turns into brown dwarfs within a few million years, while the remaining 11 per cent within a few tens of millions of years, and 5 per cent for a few hundred million years.

In brown dwarfs very quickly stop the fusion reaction and almost layered processes of energy transfer. After termination of reactions of synthesis the Orb turns into planetologie cold object. The lower limit for brown dwarf mass is comparable with mass of Jupiter.

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