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Suggested Citation:"Contents." National Research Council. 1998. Failed Stars and Super Planets: A Report Based on the January 1998 Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9504.

	Executive Summary	1
1	Detection of Substellar-Mass Objects	6
	Status of Current Indirect Searches,	7
	Direct Detection of SMOs,	9
	Search Strategies for Isolated Brown Dwarfs Using Current Ground-Based Facilities, John Stauffer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	14
	Search and Analysis Strategies for Substellar and Planetary Companions by Direct Detection, Roger Angel, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona	15
	Indirect Detection Techniques Present and Future, Robert W. Noyes, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	16

2	Observational Characterization of Nearby SMOs	19
	Current State of Observations,	19
	The Physical and Orbital Characteristics of Known Substellar-Mass Objects, Gibor Basri, University of California, Berkeley	21
	Ground- and Space-Based Spectroscopy of the Composition of Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Planets, Mark S. Marley, New Mexico State University	22
	Comparative Spectroscopy of Brown Dwarfs and Very Late Main Sequence Stars, Rafael Rebolo, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias	23
	Estimating the Role of Brown Dwarfs in Globular Clusters, Ivan King, University of California, Berkeley	24
	Brown Dwarf Candidates in Star-Forming Regions, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, University of California, Berkeley	25
3	Theoretical Models of SMO Structure and Atmosphere	27
	Current Status of Models,	27
	An Historical Perspective on Theoretical Studies of Brown Dwarfs, Peter Hauschildt, University of Georgia	30
	Model Atmospheres and Synthetic Spectra of Brown Dwarfs, France Allard, Wichita State University	30
	Interior and Evolutionary Models of Brown Dwarfs, Adam Burrows, University of Arizona	31
	Theory and Observation of Kinematically Old, Low-Metallicity Objects, Gilles Chabrier, Ecole Normale Superieur de Lyon	34

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4	Formation of SMOs	35
	Starlike and Planetlike Formation,	35
	Formation of Substellar-Mass Companions to Stars, David C. Black, Lunar and Planetary Institute	38
	Formation of Brown Dwarfs by Mass Transfer, Frank Shu, University of California, Berkeley	39
	Formation of Brown Dwarfs and Giant Planets, Peter Bodenheimer, University of California, Santa Cruz	40
	Long-Term Dynamical Evolution of Multiple-Component Systems, Martin J. Duncan, Queen's University	42
5	Statistical Detections, Galactic Structure, and the Mass Content SMOs,	45
	Microlensing Determination of the SMO Mass Function,	46
	Detecting Planets via Microlensing,	47
	Microlensing: An Observational Overview, Charles Alcock, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	48
	Microlensing as a Probe of the Initial Mass Function and Galactic Structure, Andrew Gould, Ohio State University	48
	Dark Matter in the Universe and Microlensing, Michael S. Turner, University of Chicago and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	50
	Microlensing and the Search for Planets, Stanton Peale, University of California, Santa Barbara	50
6	Findings and Future Needs	53
	Status of Current Research Activities,	53
	The Most Compelling Issues for Near-Term Study,	53
	Contributions to Broader Scientific Goals,	55
	Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research,	58
	The Contribution of Studies of SMOs to Achieving Long-Term Scientific Priorities,	59
	Concluding Remarks,	61

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