Bibcode
Martín, E.; Urania Cabral, C. V.
Bibliographical reference
XII Latin American IAU Regional Meeting (Eds. G. Magris, G. Bruzual, & L. Carigi) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 35, pp. 286 (2009) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/)
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2009
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Description
Progress in the understanding of very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
has developed at a fast pace in the last decade. Several pieces of
evidence indicate that these very low-mass objects form in a manner
similar to stars, and hence it appears natural to that they could host
planetary systems. We are carrying out studies of the binary properties
of very low-mass primaries, some new results will be presented. We have
also embarked on a project to design, build and exploit a high-precision
near-infrared echelle spectrograph for planet dection around very
low-mass primaries. This instrument, called NAHUAL, is being designed
for installation at the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias in La Palma,
Canary Islands. The current status of the project will be discussed, as
well as opportunities for the latino-american scientific community to
participate.