1. Observations of Brown Dwarfs at Low Temperatures and Low Masses Open Access Author: Esplin, Taran LeRoy Title: Observations of Brown Dwarfs at Low Temperatures and Low Masses Graduate Program: Astronomy and Astrophysics Keywords: open clusters and associations: generalastrometrybrown dwarfsinfrared: starsplanets and satellites: atmospheressolar neighborhoodstars: low-massplanetary systemsprotoplanetary disksstars: formationstars: luminosity functionstars: pre-main sequence File: Download Esplin_Dissertation_2017.pdf Committee Members: Kevin Luhman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorKevin Luhman, Committee Chair/Co-ChairLawrence William Ramsey, Committee MemberEric D Feigelson, Committee MemberSarah Elizabeth Shandera, Outside MemberJason Thomas Wright, Committee Member