Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "Centre for Astronomy"
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The optical development and calibration of the Galway Astronomical Stokes Polarimeter (GASP) as a multi-detector system for the polarimetric observations of variable optical sources
(2014-06-03)Polarised light from astronomical targets can yield a wealth of information about their source radiation mechanisms, and about the geometry of the scattered light regions. To date, stellar observations have focused, for ... -
The Optical Signatures of Magnetospheric Phenomena at the End of the Main Sequence and Beyond
(2012-10-22)In recent years, very low mass stars and brown dwarfs, together known as ultracool dwarfs, have unexpectedly been detected as a radio transient source, where periodic bursts of radio emission were also discovered. Periodicity ...