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We present the results of a search for white light flares on the ~23,000 cool dwarfs in the Kepler Quarter 1 long cadence data. We have identified 373 flaring stars, some of which flare multiple times during the observation period. We…

Based on one-month long MMT time-series observations of the open cluster M37, we monitored light variations of nearly 2500 red dwarfs and successfully identified 420 flare events from 312 cluster M dwarf stars. For each flare light curve,…

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We present a flare rate analysis of 50,130 M dwarf light curves in SDSS Stripe 82. We identified 271 flares using a customized variability index to search ~2.5 million photometric observations for flux increases in the u- and g-bands. Every…

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We analyzed the light curves of 1376 early-to-late, nearby M dwarfs to search for white-light flares using photometry from the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). We identified 480 M dwarfs with at least one potential flare…

According to activity-rotation relations, rapid rotators are expected to show high levels of magnetic activity. However, recent studies with TESS have found Ultra Fast Rotating (UFR) M dwarfs with periods $<1$ d displaying low levels of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-10 Lauren Doyle , George W. King , Gavin Ramsay , Lía R. Corrales , Stefano Bagnulo , J. Gerry Doyle , Pasi Hakala

Context: Chromospheric activity produces both photometric and spectroscopic variations that can be mistaken as planets. Large spots crossing the stellar disc can produce planet-like periodic variations in the light curve of a star. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Martinez-Arnaiz , J. Maldonado , D. Montes , C. Eiroa , B. Montesinos

We report results of an observing campaign to study the dwarf M flare star EV Lacertae. Between October 2021 and January 2022 we obtained concurrent B band photometry and low resolution spectroscopy of EV Lac on 39 occasions during 10 of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-28 David Boyd , Robert Buchheim , Sean Curry , Frank Parks , Keith Shank , Forrest Sims , Gary Walker , John Wetmore , James Jackman

Stars show various amounts of radial velocity (RV) jitter due to varying stellar activity levels. The typical amount of RV jitter as a function of stellar age and observational timescale has not yet been systematically quantified, although…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-28 Stefan S. Brems , Martin Kürster , Trifon Trifonov , Sabine Reffert , Andreas Quirrenbach

Context: Active M dwarfs frequently exhibit large flares, which can pose an existential threat to the habitability of any planet in orbit in addition to making said planets more difficult to detect. M dwarfs do not lose angular momentum as…

M dwarf stars comprise 70-80% of the galaxy's stars and host most of its rocky planets. They also importantly differ from Sunlike stars in that they are "active" for billions of years or more: rotating quickly, flaring often, and emitting…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-17 Dana Clarice Yaptangco , Sarah Ballard , Jason Dittmann

We observed active M dwarf star AD Leo for 146 hr in photometry by GWAC-F30 and also analyzed 528-hr photometric data of the star from TESS. A total of 9 and 70 flares are detected from GWAC-F30 and TESS, respectively. Flare durations,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-10 Jian-Ying Bai , Jing Wang , Hua-Li Li , Li-Ping Xin , Guang-Wei Li , Yuan-Gui Yang , Jian-Yan Wei

The time scales of variability in active M dwarfs can be related to their various physical parameters. Thus, it is important to understand such variability to decipher the physics of these objects. In this study, we have performed the low…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 Vipin Kumar , A. S. Rajpurohit , Mudit K. Srivastava , José G. Fernández-Trincado , A. B. A. Queiroz

On April 23, 2014, the Swift satellite responded to a hard X-ray transient detected by its Burst Alert Telescope, which turned out to be a stellar flare from a nearby, young M dwarf binary DG~CVn. We utilize observations at X-ray, UV,…

A sample of the LAMOST spectra of the early type M0-M3 dwarfs is compared with the Kepler observations. It is found that M dwarfs with strong chromospheric emission in $H_{\alpha}$ have large flare activity in general. The rotational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-11 H. -Y. Chang , Y. -H. Song , A. -L. Luo , L. -C. Huang , W. -H. Ip , J. -N. Fu , Y. Zhang , Y. -H. Hou , Z. -H Cao , Y. -F Wang

In light of the growing interest in searching for low mass, rocky planets, we investigate the impact of starspots on radial velocity searches for earth-mass planets in orbit about M dwarf stars. Since new surveys targeting M dwarfs will…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. R. Barnes , S. V. Jeffers , H. R. A. Jones

Stellar flares are sudden brightenings caused by magnetic reconnection and are frequently observed on late-type stars. High-cadence photometry of flares provides valuable insights into the mechanisms of these events, yet such observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-26 B. Schmercz , B. Seli , K. Vida , L. Kriskovics , A. Görgei , K. Oláh , Zs. Regály

We report a one-second-cadence wide-field survey for M-dwarf flares using the Tomo-e Gozen camera mounted on the Kiso Schmidt telescope. We detect 22 flares from M3-M5 dwarfs with rise times and amplitudes ranging from $5\, \mathrm{sec}…

We conducted the time-resolved simultaneous optical spectroscopic and photometric observations of mid M dwarf flare stars YZ CMi, EV Lac, and AD Leo. Spectroscopic observations were obtained using Apache Point Observatory 3.5m and Small \&…

We present continuous, high-precision photometric monitoring data with 1 minute cadence of the dM3e flare star AD Leo with the {\it MOST} satellite. We observed 19 flares in 5.8 days, and find a flare frequency distribution that is similar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Nicholas M. Hunt-Walker , Eric J Hilton , Adam F. Kowalski , Suzanne L. Hawley , Jayme M. Matthews

We aim to perform a statistical study of stellar flares observed by Kepler. We want to study the flare amplitude, duration, energy and occurrence rates, and how they are related to the spectral type and rotation period. To that end, we have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 Tom Van Doorsselaere , Hoda Shariati , Jonas Debosscher