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Discovery of Radio Emission from the Brown Dwarf LP944-20 | | E. Berger
; S. Ball
; K. M. Becker
; M. Clarke
; D. A. Frail
; T. A. Fukuda
; I. M. Hoffman
; S. R. Kulkarni
; R. Mellon
; E. Momjian
; N. W. Murphy
; S. H. Teng
; T. Woodruff
; B. A. Zauderer
; R. T. Zavala
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16 Feb 2001 | | Journal: | Nature, 410, 338-340 (2001) | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | Caltech), S. Ball (New Mexico Tech), K. M. Becker (Oberlin), M. Clarke (Carleton), D. A. Frail (NRAO), T. A. Fukuda (University of Denver), I. M. Hoffman (University of New Mexico), S. R. Kulkarni (Caltech), R. Mellon (Penn State), E. Momjian (Universi | | Abstract: | Brown dwarfs are classified as objects which are not massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion of hydrogen, and are distinguished from planets by their ability to burn deuterium. Old (>10 Myr) brown dwarfs are expected to possess short-lived magnetic fields and, since they no longer generate energy from collapse and accretion, weak radio and X-ray emitting coronae. Several efforts have been undertaken in the past to detect chromospheric activity from the brown dwarf LP944-20 at X-ray and optical wavelengths, but only recently an X-ray flare from this object was detected. Here we report on the discovery of quiescent and flaring radio emission from this source, which represents the first detection of persistent radio emission from a brown dwarf, with luminosities that are several orders of magnitude larger than predicted from an empirical relation between the X-ray and radio luminosities of many stellar types. We show in the context of synchrotron emission, that LP944-20 possesses an unusually weak magnetic field in comparison to active dwarf M stars, which might explain the null results from previous optical and X-ray observations of this source, and the deviation from the empirical relations. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0102301 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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