Salam Dulaimi

Career Stage
Student (postgraduate)
Poster Abstract

We report photometric observations of the BRI 0021, obtained with GUFI. BRI 0021 was shown to exhibit modulated emission with a period of 3.052 ± 0.006 hrs. Our rotation period with other parameters gives an inclination angle of 51.6 degrees for the rotation axis relative to our line of sight.

Plain text summary
With an inclination angle of 51.6 degree, significantly less beamed emission is anticipated, although any particle beams impacting the dwarf’s atmosphere would be likely to yield a discernible modulated optical signature. Given the intermittent nature of BRI 0021’s H alpha and radio emission, combined with the weak optical signal presented in this work, the evidence is consistent with an intermittent auroral mechanism associated with it’s magnetosphere. Time-evolving atmospheric dust clouds could periodically conceal the cool/hot spots on the stellar surface, with the auroral activity previously described playing an occasional role in this process.
Poster Title
A Search for the optical counterpart to the radio emissions detected from the M9.5 dwarf BRI 0021-0214
Tags
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Url
S.DULAIMI1@nuigalway.ie