Antoaneta Antonova

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

We have carried out a detailed investigation of eclipsing binary star NT Aps using high cadence photometric observations from the TESS satellite and time-series spectra from EFOSC2 at ESO’s New Technology Telescope.a We have, for the first time, determined precise system parameters for this W UMa-type late-type contact binary. Our analysis indicate...

It is critical to look for and estimate CME and flare signatures from late-type stars in order to understand stellar activity and its impact on space weather and planetary atmospheres. Spectroscopic observations of the Hα Balmer line is one of the methods. We present spectroscopic observations of four stars of spectral types G, K, and M. The observ...

Searching for and investigating coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from late-type stars is important for understanding stellar activity and its effects on the stellar evolution, space weather and exoplanet atmospheres. To this end, we performed spectroscopic observations of 4 stars of spectral type K, one M dwarf and two solar-like stars in several epoc...

A detailed investigation of the magnetic properties of young Sun-like stars can provide valuable information on our Sun's magnetic past and its impact on the early Earth. We determine the properties of the moderately rotating young Sun-like star kappa Ceti's magnetic and activity cycles using 50 years of chromospheric activity data and six epochs o...

Context. A detailed investigation of the magnetic properties of young Sun-like stars can provide valuable information on our Sun’s magnetic past and its impact on the early Earth. Aims. We determine the properties of the moderately rotating young Sun-like star κ Ceti’s magnetic and activity cycles using 50 yr of chromospheric activity data and six...

Here, we report on the detection of a range of quasi-periodic pulsations (20-120 s; QPPs) observed during flaring activity of several magnetically active dMe stars, namely AF Psc, CR Dra, GJ 3685A, Gl 65, SDSS J084425.9+513830, and SDSS J144738.47+035312.1 in the GALEX NUV filter. Based on a solar analogy, this work suggests that many of these flar...

We report optical CCD photometry of the recently identified symbiotic star EF Aql. Our observations in Johnson V and B bands clearly show the presence of stochastic light variations with an amplitude of about 0.2 mag on a time scale of minutes. The observations point toward a white dwarf (WD) as the hot component in the system. It is the 11-th obje...

We report optical CCD photometry of the recently identified symbiotic star EF Aql. Our observations in Johnson V and B bands clearly show the presence of stochastic light variations with an amplitude of about 0.2 mag on a time scale of minutes. The observations point toward a white dwarf (WD) as the hot component in the system. It is the 11-th obje...

We present the results of a series of short radio observations of six ultracool dwarfs made using the upgraded VLA in S (2--4GHz) and C (4--7GHz) bands. LSR J1835+3259 exhibits a 100 percent right-hand circularly polarised burst which shows intense narrowband features with a fast negative frequency drift of about $-30$ MHz $\textrm{s}^{-1}$. They a...

We present the results of a series of short radio observations of six ultracool dwarfs made using the upgraded VLA in S (2--4GHz) and C (4--7GHz) bands. LSR J1835+3259 exhibits a 100 percent right-hand circularly polarised burst which shows intense narrowband features with a fast negative frequency drift of about $-30$ MHz $\textrm{s}^{-1}$. They a...

Knowledge of the stellar content near the Sun is important for a broad range of topics ranging from the search for planets to the study of Milky Way structure. The most powerful method for identifying potentially nearby stars is proper motion (PM) surveys. All old optical surveys avoid, or are at least substantially incomplete, near the Galactic pl...

Knowledge of the stellar content near the Sun is important for a broad range of topics ranging from the search for planets to the study of Milky Way structure. The most powerful method for identifying potentially nearby stars is proper motion (PM) surveys. All old optical surveys avoid, or are at least substantially incomplete, near the Galactic pl...

Aurorae are detected from all the magnetized planets in our Solar System, including Earth. They are powered by magnetospheric current systems that lead to the precipitation of energetic electrons into the high-latitude regions of the upper atmosphere. In the case of the gas-giant planets, these aurorae include highly polarized radio emission at kil...

We present the results of low-resolution optical spectroscopy with OSIRIS/GTC (Optical System for Imaging and Low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy / Gran Telescopio Canarias) for a sample of ultracool dwarfs. For a subsample of seven objects, based on 2MASS NIR photometric colours, a 'photometric' spectral type is determined and compared to the r...

The observations were conducted with the NRAO Very Large Array in the period 09 August-09 September 2009 using the standard continuum mode with 2x50MHz contiguous bands. (1 data file).

Aims. We aim to increase the sample of ultracool dwarfs studied in the radio domain to allow a more statistically significant understanding of the physical conditions associated with these magnetically active objects. Methods. We conducted a volume-limited survey at 4.9 GHz of 32 nearby ultracool dwarfs with spectral types covering the range M7–T...

Hot Jupiters have been proposed as a likely population of low frequency radio sources due to electron cyclotron maser emission of similar nature to that detected from the auroral regions of magnetized solar system planets. Such emission will likely be confined to specific ranges of orbital/rotational phase due to a narrowly beamed radiation pattern...

We present the numerical simulations for an electron-beam-driven and loss-cone-driven electron-cyclotron maser (ECM) with different plasma parameters and different magnetic field strengths for a relatively small region and short time-scale in an attempt to interpret the recent discovered intense radio emission from ultracool dwarfs. We find that a...

We present preliminary results of V, R, I photometric observations of 7 late type dwarfs of spectral types from M4 to T7. These dwarfs have little or no previous optical photometric studies and are part of a long-term program studying the activity at the bottom of the Main Sequence and the brown dwarf regime. We have obtained R and I magnitudes for...

Recently, a number of ultracool dwarfs have been found to produce periodic radio bursts with high brightness temperature and polarization degree; the emission properties are similar to the auroral radio emissions of the magnetized planets of the Solar System. We simulate the dynamic spectra of radio emission from ultracool dwarfs. The emission is a...

Context. Radio data obtained for the ultracool dwarf TVLM 513-46546 has indicated a rotation period of ≈1.96 h via regular radio pulses, but how stable is this period. This has major implications regarding the stability of the magnetic field structures responsible for the radio emission from the ultracool dwarf. Aims. The aim of the present work i...

Ultracool dwarfs (UCDs), thought just a few years ago to be incapable of emitting any significant amounts of radio waves, have been discovered putting out extremely bright beams of radio emission. Here, we propose to observe two radio active ultracool dwarfs, where previous authors interpreted the pulsed emission as short duration flares on each so...

Flaring variability is a common characteristic of magnetically active stars. Despite the fact that stellar radio flares have long been recognized and studied, key unanswered questions remain. For example, a large fraction of the literature interprets stellar radio flares assuming gyrosynchrotron emission, however, recent reports suggests that coher...

Context. Recently, unanticipated magnetic activity in ultracool dwarfs (UCDs, spectral classes later than M7) has emerged from a number of radio observations. The highly (up to 100%) circularly polarized nature and high brightness temperature of the emission have been interpreted as requiring an effective amplification mechanism of the high-frequen...

The detection of both quiescent and flaring nonthermal radio emission from a number of late M-, L-type dwarfs indicates the presence of magnetic activity in the ultracool dwarf domain. What is more, four of those dwarfs show periodic, highly circularly polarized pulsing signatures consistent with electron cyclotron maser emission. The pulsing emiss...

Recently, observations of three ultracool dwarfs have shown that the emission is in fact due to the electron cyclotron maser instability operating in the low plasma density, high magnetic field strength regions above the poles of a large-scale magnetic field, i.e. it is similar to that of the magnetized planets in the Solar system. The M8.5 dwarf T...

The pulsing radio emission detected from ultracool dwarfs can be used as a powerful diagnostic of magnetic field strengths and topologies at and below the substellar boundary. Studies thus far have confirmed magnetic field strengths of 3 kG for two late M dwarfs and 1.7 kG for an L3.5 dwarf, the latter being the first confirmation of kG magnetic fi...

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 matching those found at radio wavelengths (P = 1.96 hr for TVLM 513-46546 and P = 3 hr for 2MASS J00361617+182110...

Context. A selection of ultracool dwarfs are known to be radio active, with both gyrosynchrotron emission and the electron cyclotron maser instability being given as likely emission mechanisms. Aims. We explore whether ultracool dwarfs previously undetected at 8.5 GHz may be detectable at a lower frequency. Methods. We select a sample of fast rotat...

We report on radio observations of the M8.5 dwarf LSR J1835+3259 and the L3.5 dwarf 2MASS J00361617+1821104, which provide the strongest evidence to date that the electron cyclotron maser instability is the dominant mechanism producing radio emission in the magnetospheres of ultracool dwarfs. As has previously been reported for the M9 dwarf TVLM 51...

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 matching those found at radio wavelengths (P=1.96 hr for TVLM 513-46546, and P=3 hr for 2MASS J00361617+1821104)....

Context. Radio activity has been observed in a large variety of stellar objects, including in the last few years, ultra-cool dwarfs. Aims. To explore the extent of long-term radio activity in ultra-cool dwarfs. Methods. We use data taken over an extended period of 9 hr from the Very Large Array of the source 2MASS J05233822-1403022 in September 2...

We report the detection of periodic (p = 1.96 hours) bursts of extremely bright, 100% circularly polarized, coherent radio emission from the M9 dwarf TVLM 513-46546. Simultaneous photometric monitoring observations have established this periodicity to be the rotation period of the dwarf. These bursts, which were not present in previous observations...

We detected periodic bursts of extremely bright, 100% polarized radio emission from two dwarfs at the stellar/substellar boundary. These bursts are conclusively coherent in nature and are produced at the magnetic polar regions by the electron cyclotron maser instability, the same mechanism known to generate planetary coherent radio emission in our...

In this contribution, we present the high-resolution observations we obtained for HIP 113790 at the Haute-Provence Observatory using the AURELIE spectrograph. By determing its fundamental parameters, we confirm that the star is located in the δ Scuti instability strip. We further report the detection of rapid line profile variations with a period o...

The Very Large Array was used to observe the ultracool, rapidly rotating M9 dwarf TVLM 513-46546 simultaneously at 4.88 GHz and 8.44 GHz. The radio emission was determined to be persistent, variable and periodic at both frequencies with a period of ~2 hours. This periodicity is in excellent agreement with the estimated period of rotation of the dwa...

We present near ultraviolet (NUV:1750 - 2800\AA) and far ultraviolet (FUV: 1350 - 1750\AA) light-curves for flares on 4 nearby dMe-type stars (GJ 3685A, CR Dra, AF Psc and SDSS J084425.9+513830.5) observed with the GALEX satellite. Taking advantage of the time-tagged events recorded with the GALEX photon counting detectors, we present high temporal...