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Understanding the relationship among different emission components plays an essential role in the study of particle acceleration and energy conversion in solar flares. In flares where gradual and impulsive emission components can be readily…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Siming Liu , Youping Li , Lyndsay Fletcher

We study the association of solar flares with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) during the deep, extended solar minimum of 2007-2009, using extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) and white-light (coronagraph) images from the {\it Solar Terrestrial Relations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 N. V. Nitta , M. J. Aschwanden , S. L. Freeland , J. R. Lemen , J. -P. Wülser , D. M. Zarro

(Abridged abstract) We present an analysis of the X-ray emission of the rapidly rotating giant star YY Mensae observed by Chandra HETGS and XMM-Newton. Although no obvious flare was detected, the X-ray luminosity changed by a factor of two…

We study the chromosphere and corona of the ultra-fast rotator AB Dor A at high temporal and spectral resolution using simultaneous observations with XMM-Newton in the X-rays, VLT/UVES in the optical, and the ATCA in the radio. Our optical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Lalitha , B. Fuhrmeister , U. Wolter , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , D. Engels , M. H. Wieringa

Stellar eruptive events, such as flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), can affect planetary habitability by disturbing the stability of their atmospheres. For instance, strong stellar flares and CMEs can trigger atmospheric escape and,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-03 Nuri Park , Evgenya L. Shkolnik , Joe Llama

In an effort to examine the relationship between flare flux and corresponding CME mass, we temporally and spatially correlate all X-ray flares and CMEs in the LASCO and GOES archives from 1996 to 2006. We cross-reference 6,733 CMEs having…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Alicia N. Aarnio , Keivan G. Stassun , W. Jeffrey Hughes , Sarah L. McGregor

(Abridged) We investigate the EUV and X-ray flare rate distribution in radiated energy of the late-type active star AD Leo using long EUVE and BeppoSAX observations. We compare the observed light curves with light curves synthesized from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Manuel Guedel , Marc Audard , Vinay L. Kashyap , Jeremy J. Drake , Edward F. Guinan

The explanation of the coronal heating problem potentially lies in the existence of nanoflares, numerous small-scale heating events occuring across the whole solar disk. In this paper, we present the first imaging spectroscopy X-ray…

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are closely coupled through magnetic reconnection. CMEs are usually accelerated impulsively within the low solar corona, synchronized with the impulsive flare energy release. We investigate the…

We present UVES/VLT observations of the nearby flare star CN Leo covering the Wing-Ford FeH band near 1mu with high spectral resolution. Some of the FeH absorption lines in this band are magnetically sensitive and allow a measurement of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Reiners , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , C. Liefke

Main sequence M stars pose an interesting problem for astrobiology: their abundance in our galaxy makes them likely targets in the hunt for habitable planets, but their strong chromospheric activity produces high energy radiation and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Antígona Segura , Lucianne Walkowicz , Victoria Meadows , James Kasting , Suzanne Hawley

We present the analyses of intense X-ray flares detected on the active fast rotator AB Dor using observations from the XMM-Newton. A total of 21 flares are detected, and 13 flares are analysed in detail. The total X-ray energy of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-23 Shweta Didel , Jeewan C. Pandey , A. K. Srivastava , Gurpreet Singh

In 2020, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) observed a rapidly rotating M7 dwarf, TIC 277539431, produce a flare at 81{\deg} latitude, the highest latitude flare located to date. This is in stark contrast to solar flares that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 Ekaterina Ilin , Katja Poppenhäger , Beate Stelzer , Desmond Dsouza

M-dwarf flares observed by the \textit{Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite} (\textit{TESS}) sometimes exhibit a "peak-bump" light-curve morphology, characterized by a secondary, gradual peak well after the main, impulsive peak. A similar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-31 Kai E. Yang , Xudong Sun , Graham S. Kerr , Hugh S. Hudson

Dynamics of hot chromospheric plasma of solar flares is a key to understanding of mechanisms of flare energy release and particle acceleration. A moderate M1.0 class flare of 12 June, 2014 (SOL2014-06-12T21:12) was simultaneously observed…

An X3.4 solar flare and a fast halo coronal mass ejection (CME) occurred on 2006 December 13, accompanied by a high flux of energetic particles recorded both in near-Earth space and at ground level. Our purpose is to provide evidence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-27 C. Li , Y. Dai , J. -C. Vial , C. J. Owen , S. A. Matthews , Y. H. Tang , C. Fang , A. N. Fazakerley

We report the observation on UT 2017.07.01 of an unusually powerful flare detected in near-infrared continuum photometry of Proxima Centauri. During a campaign monitoring the star for possible exoplanet transits, we identified an increase…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-24 John F. Kielkopf , Rhodes Hart , Bradley D. Carter , Stephen C. Marsden

We performed statistical and event studies of linear polarization in the H$\alpha$ line during solar flares. The statistical study revealed that, among 71 H$\alpha$ flares analyzed, including 64 GOES flares, only one event shows significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Tomoko Kawate , Yoichiro Hanaoka

Temporary enhancements of the coronal emission measure in a quiet region have been shown to constitute a significant energy input. Here some relatively large events are studied for simultaneous brightenings in transition region lines and in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Sam Krucker , Arnold O. Benz

Using the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory to monitor the nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, we recorded the weakest X-ray flares on a magnetically active star ever observed. Correlated X-ray and optical variability provide strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Manuel Guedel , Marc Audard , Stephen L. Skinner , Matthias I. Horvath