Cool Stars 14 - Submitted Abstract # 122
This version created on 05 October 2006

A k-NN Method for Brown Dwarfs Searches with Spitzer/IRAC


Massimo Marengo, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Mayly C. Sanchez, Harvard University
Brian M. Patten,  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Joseph L. Hora,  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Lori Allen, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

We have developed a statistical technique, based on the k-Nearest
Neighbor method, for the photometric classification of astronomical
sources.  We present here the application of the method for the search
of L and T brown dwarfs using infrared photometry from Spitzer/IRAC
and 2MASS.

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