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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 16, 2011
Research, Science and Technology of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets: Proceedings of an International Conference held in Shangai on Occasion of a Total Eclipse of the Sun
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| Article Number | 06013 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Very Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111606013 | |
| Published online | 18 July 2011 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111606013
Mapping radio emitting-region on low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
1 Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, N. Ireland
2 Centre for Astronomy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
3 The Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Glasgow, Scotland
a e-mail: syu@arm.ac.uk
Strong magnetic activity in ultracool dwarfs (UCDs, spectral classes later than M7) have emerged from a number of radio observations, including the periodic beams. The highly (up to 100%) circularly polarized nature of the emission point to an effective amplification mechanism of the high-frequency electromagnetic waves – the electron cyclotron maser (ECM) instability. Several anisotropic velocity distibution models of electrons, including the horseshoe distribution, ring shell distribution and the loss-cone distribution, are able to generate the ECM instability. A magnetic-field-aligned electric potential would play an significant role in the ECM process. We are developing a theoretical model in order to simulate ECM and apply this model to map the radio-emitting region on low-mass stars and brown dwarfs.
© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2011
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