AST 221 problem set 1, links to models

The discovery of the planetary mass candidate companion to a young solar analog is described in Lafrenière, Jayawardhana, and Van Kerkwijk, 2008, Astrophys. J. (Letters), submitted (see arXiv:0809.1424 and the Gemini press release).

For problem set 1, you will need the DUSTY models (link to original) from Chabrier et al., 2000, Astrophys. J., 542, 464 and the COND models (link to original) from Baraffe et al., 2003, Astron. & Astroph., 402, 701.