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We investigate the August 9, 2011 solar flare of X-ray class X6.9, the "hottest" flare from 2000 to 2012, with a peak plasma temperature according to GOES data of 32.5 MK. Our goal is to determine the cause of such an anomalously high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 I. N. Sharykin , A. B. Struminsky , I. V. Zimovets

New Swift monitoring observations of the variable, radio-quiet quasar, PDS 456, are presented. A bright X-ray flare was captured in September 2018, the flux increasing by a factor of 4 and with a doubling time-scale of 2 days. From the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 James Reeves , Valentina Braito , Delphine Porquet , Andrew Lobban , Gabriele Matzeu , Emanuele Nardini

We analyze high cadence high resolution observations of a C3.2 flare obtained by AIA/SDO on August 1, 2010. The flare is a long duration event with soft X-ray and EUV radiation lasting for over four hours. Analysis suggests that magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Jiong Qiu , Wen-Juan Liu , Dana W. Longcope

Investigating the spectral and temporal characteristics of the X-rays coming from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is essential to our development of a more complete understanding of the emission mechanisms in this supermassive black hole located at…

We analyze a Chandra-HETGS observation of the single G-type giant HR 9024. The high flux allows us to examine spectral line and continuum diagnostics at high temporal resolution, to derive plasma parameters (thermal distribution,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paola Testa , David Garcia-Alvarez , Fabio Reale , David Huenemoerder

We present a multiwavelength analysis of the long duration flare observed on 15 April 2002 (soft X-ray peak time at 03:55 UT, SOL2002-04-15T03:55). This flare occurred on the disk (S15W01) in NOAA 9906 and was observed by a number of space…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 A. Kepa , B. Sylwester , J. Sylwester , T. Mrozek , M. Siarkowski

During solar flares, a considerable portion of the flare atmosphere becomes heated; however, the energy deposition process is still unclear, especially in the lower solar atmosphere. Here, we present spectroscopic and imaging observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Girjesh Gupta , Ananya Rawat , Helen Mason , Robertus Erdélyi

In this work, we studied X-ray source SRGe~J021932.4$-$040154 (SRGe J021932), which we associated with a single X-ray active star of spectral class G2V-G4V and the rotational period $\rm P_{rot} < 9.3$ days. Additional analysis of TESS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-13 Andrey Mukhin , Roman Krivonos , Ilfan Bikmaev , Mark Gorbachev , Irek Khamitov , Sergey Sazonov , Marat Gilfanov , Rashid Sunyaev

A search of the hard X-ray archive data of NuSTAR found a transient source, NuSTAR J230059+5857.4, during an observation of 1E 2259+586 on 2013 April 25. A multi-wavelength analysis using X-ray, optical, and IR data, mostly taken in its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-29 Tomohiro Hakamata , Hironori Matsumoto , Hirokazu Odaka , Shinsuke Takasao

We investigate an XMM-Newton observation of SCR 1845-6357, a nearby, ultracool M8.5/T5.5 dwarf binary. The binary is unresolved in the XMM detectors, however the X-ray emission is very likely from the M8.5 dwarf. We compare its flaring…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 J. Robrade , K. Poppenhaeger , J. H. M. M. Schmitt

We analyze a 96 ks Chandra/HETGS observation of the single G-type giant HR 9024. The high flux allows us to examine spectral line and continuum diagnostics at high temporal resolution, to derive plasma parameters. A time-dependent 1D…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Paola Testa , Fabio Reale , David Garcia-Alvarez , David P. Huenemoerder

We present the first X-ray observation of an oscillation during a stellar flare. The flare occurred on the active M-type dwarf AT Mic and was observed with XMM-Newton. The soft X-ray light curve (0.2-12 keV) is investigated with wavelet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Mitra-Kraev , L. K. Harra , D. R. Williams , E. Kraev

X-ray spectra of the late-type star AB Dor, obtained with the XMM-Newton satellite are analysed. AB Dor was particularly active during the observations. An emission measure reconstruction technique is employed to analyse flare and quiescent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Matranga , M. Mathioudakis , H. R. M. Kay , F. P. Keenan

In this paper, we present the results of an analysis of 481 weak solar flares, from A0.01 to the B \textit{GOES} class, that were observed during the period of extremely low solar activity from 2009 April to July. For all flares we measured…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-20 A. S. Kirichenko , S. A. Bogachev

We study the spectral and temporal behavior of X-ray flares from the active M-dwarf EV Lac in 200 ks of exposure with the Chandra/HETGS. We derive flare parameters by fitting an empirical function which characterizes the amplitude, shape,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 David P. Huenemoerder , Norbert S. Schulz , Paola Testa , Jeremy J. Drake , Rachel A. Osten , Fabio Reale

We investigate the thermal properties of a solar flare by the observations of soft X-ray Telescope (XRT) on board Hinode and the Atmospheric Image Assembly on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/AIA). Our analysis reveals a tenuous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-22 Xiaoyan Xie , Anna Chen , Crisel Suarez , Katharine K. Reeves , Soumya Roy , Christopher S. Moore , Nishu Karna , Joy Velasquez

White-light observations by the Solar Dynamics Observatory's Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager of a loop-prominence system occurring in the aftermath of an X-class flare on 2013 May 13 near the eastern solar limb show a linearly polarized…

We report the serendipitous detection of a giant X-ray flare from the source 2XMM J043527.2-144301 during an XMM-Newton observation of the high latitude molecular cloud MBM20. The source has not been previously studied at any wavelength.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Anjali Gupta , Massimiliano Galeazzi , Benjamin Williams

For the first time, we have used RHESSI's spatial and energy resolution to determine the combined chromospheric and coronal density profile of the flaring solar atmosphere in a statistical manner, using a dataset of 838 flares observable in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Pascal Saint-Hilaire , Sam Krucker , Robert P. Lin

We use RHESSI high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy observations from ~6 to 100 keV to determine the statistical relationships between measured parameters (temperature, emission measure, etc.) of hot, thermal plasma in 37 intense (GOES…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-25 Amir Caspi , Säm Krucker , R. P. Lin