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We report the discovery of a magnetic white dwarf which shows periodic variability with P=110 min, color-dependent amplitudes and a transient phase shift in the blue compared to the red lightcurve - a previously unknown type of variability…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-09 Aleks Scholz , Joe Llama , Koraljka Muzic , Sarah Faller , Dirk Froebrich , Beate Stelzer

We present 17 nights of ground-based, near-infrared photometry of the variable L/T transition brown dwarf SIMP J013656.5+093347 and an additional 3 nights of ground-based photometry of the radio-active late M-dwarf TVLM 513-46546. Our TVLM…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-14 Bryce Croll , Philip S. Muirhead , Jack Lichtman , Eunkyu Han , Paul A. Dalba , Jacqueline Radigan

We present the first detection of photometric variability of a spectroscopically-confirmed Y dwarf. The Infrared Array Camera on board the Spitzer Space Telescope was used to obtain times series photometry at 3.6 and 4.5 microns over a…

We present here optical I-band photometric variability study down to $\simeq$ 19 mag of a young ($\sim$2-3 Myr) star-forming region IC 348 in the Perseus molecular cloud. We aim to explore the fast rotation (in the time-scales of hours) in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Samrat Ghosh , Soumen Mondal , Somnath Dutta , Ramkrishna Das , Santosh Joshi , Sneh Lata , Dhrimadri Khata , Alik Panja

We find periodic I-band variability in two ultracool dwarfs, TVLM 513-46546 and 2MASS J00361617+1821104, on either side of the M/L dwarf boundary. Both of these targets are short-period radio transients, with the detected I-band periods…

We have monitored the photometric variability of nine field L and T brown dwarfs for 10 nights during the course of one month with the Palomar 60 inch Telescope Near-Infrared Camera. Results of statistical analyses indicate that at least…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Melissa L. Enoch , Michael E. Brown , Adam J. Burgasser

We present simultaneous photometric and spectroscopic observations of seven young and highly variable M dwarfs in star forming regions in Orion, conducted in 4 observing nights with FORS2 at ESO/VLT. All seven targets show significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-26 I. Bozhinova , A. Scholz , J. Eislöffel

M dwarfs are active stars that exhibit variability in chromospheric emission and photometry at short and long timescales, including long cycles that are related to dynamo processes. This activity also impacts the search for exoplanets…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 L. Mignon , N. Meunier , X. Delfosse , X. Bonfils , N. C. Santos , T. Forveille , G. Gaisné , N. Astudillo-Defru , C. Lovis , S. Udry

We present new light curves covering 14 to 19 years of observations of four bright proto-planetary nebulae (PPNs), all O-rich and of F spectral type. They each display cyclical light curves with significant variations in amplitude. All four…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Bruce J. Hrivnak , Wenxian Lu , Kristie A. Nault

[Abridged] We present the first simultaneous radio, X-ray, ultraviolet, and optical spectroscopic observations of the M8.5 dwarf TVLM513-46546, with a duration of 9 hours. These observations are part of a program to study the origin of…

We report the discovery of a photometric variability in the bright T2.5 brown dwarf SIMP J013656.5+093347. Continuous J-band photometry has been obtained for several hours on four different nights. The light curves show a periodic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Étienne Artigau , Sandie Bouchard , René Doyon , David Lafrenière

We have searched for short periodicities in the light curves of stars with $T_{\rm eff}$ cooler than 4000 K made from 2-minute cadence data obtained in TESS sectors 1 and 2. Herein we report the discovery of 10 rapidly rotating M-dwarfs…

We present multi-colour photometry of four field ultracool dwarfs with the triple-beam photometer ultracam. Data were obtained simultaneously in the Sloan-g' band and a specially designed narrow-band NaI filter. The previously reported…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. P. Littlefair , V. S. Dhillon , T. R. Marsh , T. Shahbaz , E. L. Martin

Recent photometric studies have revealed that surface spots that produce flux variations are present on virtually all L and T dwarfs. Their likely magnetic or dusty nature has been a much-debated problem, the resolution to which has been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-24 P. A. Miles-Páez , S. A. Metchev , A. Heinze , D. Apai

We report differential I-band and J-band photometry of S Ori 45, a cool (M8.5), young (1-8 Myr) brown dwarf of the sigma Orionis cluster with a likely mass estimated at around 20 times the mass of Jupiter. We detect variability (amplitudes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. R. Zapatero Osorio , J. A. Caballero , V. J. S. Bejar , R. Rebolo

The continuous temporal coverage and high photometric precision afforded by space observatories has opened up new opportunities for the study of variability processes in young stellar cluster members. Of particular interest is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Ann Marie Cody , Lynne A. Hillenbrand

We present multi-colour photometry of the M8.5V ultracool dwarf "pulsar" TVLM 513-46546 (hereafter TVLM 513) obtained with the triple-beam photometer ULTRACAM. Data were obtained simultaneously in the Sloan-g' and Sloan-i' bands. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. P. Littlefair , V. S. Dhillon , T. R. Marsh , T. Shahbaz , E. L. Martin , C. Copperwheat

Recent monitoring programs of ultra cool field M and L dwarfs (low mass stars or brown dwarfs) have uncovered low amplitude photometric I-band variations which may be associated with an inhomogeneous distribution of photospheric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. A. L. Bailer-Jones , M. Lamm

In a previous paper, using data from K2 Campaign 2, we identified 11 very low mass members of the $\rho$ Oph and Upper Scorpius star-forming region as having periodic photometric variability and phased light curves showing multiple scallops…

We present HAWK-I J-band light curves of five late-type T dwarfs (T6.5-T7.5) with a typical duration of four hours, and investigate the evidence for quasi-periodic photometric variability on intra-night timescales. Our photometry reaches…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-06 S. P. Littlefair , B. Burningham , Ch. Helling