Exoplanet magnetic fields

DA Brain, MM Kao… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Planetary magnetic fields are important indicators of planetary processes and evolution,
from a planet's outer core to its surface (if it possesses one) to its atmosphere and near …

Volume-limited radio survey of ultracool dwarfs

A Antonova, G Hallinan, JG Doyle, S Yu… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Aims. We aim to increase the sample of ultracool dwarfs studied in the radio domain to allow
a more statistically significant understanding of the physical conditions associated with these …

Auroral radio emission from late L and T dwarfs: a new constraint on dynamo theory in the substellar regime

MM Kao, G Hallinan, JS Pineda, I Escala… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We have observed six late L and T dwarfs with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to
investigate the presence of highly circularly polarized radio emission, associated with large …

Evidence for a radiation belt around a brown dwarf

JB Climent, JC Guirado, M Pérez-Torres, JM Marcaide… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ultracool dwarfs (UCDs) are a category of astronomical objects that includes brown dwarfs
and very-low-mass stars. Radio observations of UCDs have measured their brightness as a …

A panchromatic view of brown dwarf aurorae

JS Pineda, G Hallinan, MM Kao - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Stellar coronal activity has been shown to persist into the low-mass star regime, down to late
M-dwarf spectral types. However, there is now an accumulation of evidence suggesting that …

Origin of electron cyclotron maser induced radio emissions at ultracool dwarfs: magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling currents

JD Nichols, MR Burleigh, SL Casewell… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A number of ultracool dwarfs emit circularly polarized radio waves generated by
the electron cyclotron maser instability. In the solar system such radio is emitted from regions …

Transitions in magnetic behavior at the substellar boundary

E Magaudda, B Stelzer, RA Osten, JS Pineda… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
We aim to advance our understanding of magnetic activity and the underlying dynamo
mechanism at the end of the main sequence. To this end, we have embarked on collecting …

Detection of long-lasting aurora-like radio emission above a sunspot

S Yu, B Chen, R Sharma, TS Bastian, S Mondal… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Auroral radio emissions in planetary magnetospheres typically feature highly polarized,
intense radio bursts, usually attributed to electron cyclotron maser emission from energetic …

Radio emission as a stellar activity indicator

TWH Yiu, HK Vedantham, JR Callingham… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Radio observations of stars trace the plasma conditions and magnetic field properties of
stellar magnetospheres and coronae. Depending on the plasma conditions at the emitter …

Radio Emission from the Exoplanetary System ϵ Eridani

TS Bastian, J Villadsen, A Maps… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
As part of a wider search for radio emission from nearby systems known or suspected to
contain extrasolar planets, epsilon Eridani was observed by the Jansky Very Large Array …