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The white light during M dwarf flares has long been known to exhibit the broadband shape of a T~10,000 K blackbody, and the white light in solar flares is thought to arise primarily from Hydrogen recombination. Yet, a current lack of broad…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-06 Adam F. Kowalski , Suzanne L. Hawley , Jon A. Holtzman , John P. Wisniewski , Eric J. Hilton

Solar flares observed in the 200-400 GHz radio domain may exhibit a slowly varying and time-extended component which follows a short (few minutes) impulsive phase and which lasts for a few tens of minutes to more than one hour. The few…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-21 G. Trottet , J. -P. Raulin , G. Giménez de Castro , T. Lüthi , A. Caspi , C. H. Mandrini , M. L. Luoni , P. Kaufmann

Gamma-ray burst X-ray flares are believed to mark the late time activity of the central engine. We compute the temporal evolution of the average flare luminosity $< L >$ in the common rest frame energy band of 44 GRBs taken from the large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 R. Margutti , G. Bernardini , R. Barniol Duran , C. Guidorzi , R. F. Shen , G. Chincarini

Variability of millimetre wavelength continuum emission from Class II protoplanetary disks is extremely rare, and when detected it is usually interpreted as originating from non-thermal emission mechanisms that relate to the host star…

We present the first detection of solar flare emission at middle-ultraviolet wavelengths around 2000 A by the channel 2 of the Large-Yield RAdiometer (LYRA) onboard the PROBA2 mission. The flare (SOL20170906) was also observed in the…

On April 17, 2024, the third successful Hi-C sounding rocket flight, Hi-C Flare, recorded coronal images in Fe XXI 129 A emission from 11 MK plasma during the post-maximum phase of an M1.6-class solar flare, achieving unprecedented spatial…

Based on Kepler data, we present the results of a search for white-light flares on 1049 close binaries. We identify 234 flare binaries, on which 6818 flares are detected. We compare the flare-binary fraction in different binary morphologies…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 Qing Gao , Yu Xin , Ji-Feng Liu , Xiao-Bin Zhang , Shuang Gao

Stellar white-light flares are believed to play an essential role on the physical and chemical properties of the atmosphere of the surrounding exoplanets. Here we report an optical monitoring campaign on the nearby flaring system EI~Cnc…

Numerical models of solar flares typically focus on the behaviour of directly-heated flare models, adopting magnetic field- aligned, plane-parallel methodologies. With high spatial- and spectral-resolution ground-based optical observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Christopher M. J. Osborne , Lyndsay Fletcher

Context. Since the mechanism of energy release from solar flares is still not fully understood, the study of fine-scale features developing during flares becomes important for progressing towards a consistent picture of the essential…

We report multi-wavelength and multi-viewpoint observations of a solar eruptive event which involves loop-loop interactions. During a C2.0 flare, motions associated with inflowing and outflowing plasma provide evidence for ongoing magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Chunming Zhu , Rui Liu , David Alexander , R. T. James McAteer

White-light flares are magnetically driven localized brightenings on the surfaces of stars. Their temporal, spectral, and statistical properties present a treasury of physical information about stellar magnetic fields. The spatial…

We report a detailed examination of the fine structure inside flare ribbons and the temporal evolution of this fine structure during the X2.5 solar flare that occurred on 2004 November 10. We examine elementary bursts of the C IV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-29 N. Nishizuka , A. Asai , H. Takasaki , H. Kurokawa , K. Shibata

In this paper, we present a study of an M2.2 class solar flare of 26 November 2000 from NOAA AR 9236. The flare was well observed by various ground based observatories (ARIES, Learmonths Solar Observatory) and space borne instruments (SOHO,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 R. Chandra , V. K. Verma , S. Rani , R. A. Maurya

The asymmetries observed in the line profiles of solar flares can provide important diagnostics of the properties and dynamics of the flaring atmosphere. In this paper the evolution of the Halpha and Ca II 8542 {\AA} lines are studied using…

While solar flares are primarily associated with enhanced ultraviolet and X-ray emission, a subset of flares exhibit significant continuum brightening in visible light and are classified as white-light flares (WLFs). Despite extensive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Samuel Granovsky , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Irina N. Kitiashvili , Alan A. Wray

Solar white-light flares (WLFs) are solar flares exhibiting enhanced emission in the optical continuum. They are critical for understanding energy release and transport mechanisms in solar flares and for conducting comparative studies with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 Yingjie Cai , Yijun Hou , Hengkai Ding , Ting Li , Jifeng Liu

In this paper, we present a multi-wavelength analysis of an eruptive white-light M3.2 flare which occurred in active region NOAA 10486 on November 1, 2003. Excellent set of high resolution observations made by RHESSI and TRACE provide clear…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Bhuwan Joshi , Astrid M. Veronig , Jeongwoo Lee , Su-Chan Bong , Sanjiv K. Tiwari , Kyung-Suk Cho

Solar flares are powerful particle accelerators, and in the accepted standard flare model most of the flare energy is transported from a coronal energy-release region by accelerated electrons which stop collisionally in the chromosphere,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-18 Paulo J. A. Simões , Lyndsay Fletcher , Hugh S. Hudson , Graham S. Kerr , Matt Penn , Karla F. Lopez

The bulk of the radiative output of a solar flare is emitted from the chromosphere, which produces enhancements in the optical and UV continuum, and in many lines, both optically thick and thin. We have, until very recently, lacked…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 Graham S. Kerr , Paulo J. A. Simões , Jiong Qiu , Lyndsay Fletcher