Atmospheric heat flow in a brown dwarf companion to an sdB star?

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Ulrich Heber
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2016 to 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 316235597

Photometric observations with the BUSCA instrument at the 2.2m telescope of the Calar Alto Observatory shall be obtained to study heat flows in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf, which receives intense UV radiation from its hot host star.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants