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Stellar variability is a limiting factor for planet detection and characterization, particularly around active M-type stars. Here we revisit one of the most active stars from the Kepler mission, the M4 star GJ 1243, and use a sample of 414…

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The quasar 3C454.3 underwent a uniquely-structured multi-frequency outburst in June 2016. The blazar was observed in the optical $R$ band by several ground-based telescopes in photometric and polarimetric modes, at $\gamma$-ray frequencies…

We report the discovery of a new eclipsing polar, MASTER OT J061451.70-272535.5, detected as an optical transient by MASTER auto-detection software at the recently commissioned MASTER-SAAO telescope. Time resolved (10-20 s) photometry with…

Early-type magnetic stars are rarely found in close binary systems. No such objects were known in eclipsing binaries prior to this study. Here we investigated the eclipsing, spectroscopic double-lined binary HD66051, which exhibits…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-16 O. Kochukhov , C. Johnston , E. Alecian , G. A. Wade

We report on the variation in the optical polarization of the blazar PKS 1749+096 observed in 2008--2015. The degree of polarization (PD) tends to increase in short flares having a time-scale of a few days. The object favors a polarization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-20 Makoto Uemura , Ryosuke Itoh , Ioannis Liodakis , Dmitry Blinov , Masanori Nakayama , Longyin Xu , Naoko Sawada , Hsiang-Yun Wu , Issei Fujishiro

We present Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) 143.5-MHz radio observations of flaring activity during 2019 May from the X-ray binary Cygnus X-3. Similar to radio observations of previous outbursts from Cygnus X-3, we find that this source was…

Stellar flares from K and M dwarfs release panchromatic radiation characterized by a significantly higher brightness temperature ($\sim$9-20 kK) than the star. The increased frequency of magnetic activity on young low-mass stars results in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-09 Jordan N. Ealy , Joshua E. Schlieder , Thaddeus D. Komacek , Emily A. Gilbert

We report on very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of the radio emission from the inner region of the Crab Nebula, made at 1.6 GHz and 5 GHz after a recent high-energy flare in this object. The 5 GHz data have provided only…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 A. P. Lobanov , D. Horns , T. W. B. Muxlow

An exhaustive analysis of 9-year optical R-band photopolarimetric data of the flat-spectrum radio quasar 3C279 from 2008 February 27 to 2017 May 25 is presented, alongside with multiwavelength observing campaigns performed during the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 N. Fraija , E. Benítez , D. Hiriart , M. Sorcia , J. M. López , R. Mújica , J. I. Cabrera , A. Galván-Gámez

In this paper, we report the multiwavelength observations of a very long filament in active region (AR) 11112 on 2010 October 18. The filament was composed of two parts, the eastern part (EP) and western part (WP). We focus on longitudinal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 Q. M. Zhang , J. H. Guo , K. V. Tam , A. A. Xu

We present the results of a multi-site photometric campaign carried out in 2004-2008 for the Algol-type eclipsing binary system CT Her, the primary component of which shows Delta Scuti-type oscillations. Our data consist of differential…

We present the results of a search for stellar flares from stars neighbouring the target sources in the Kepler short cadence data. These flares have been discarded as contaminants in previous surveys and therefore provide an unexplored…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 James A. G. Jackman , Evgenya Shkolnik , R. O. Parke Loyd

Our 5 ks Chandra ACIS-S observation of the globular cluster NGC 6652 detected 7 X-ray sources, 3 of which are previously unidentified. This cluster hosts a well-known bright low-mass X-ray binary, source A (or XB 1832-330). Source B shows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 G. Coomber , C. O. Heinke , H. N. Cohn , P. M. Lugger , J. E. Grindlay

We present results of optical and infrared photometric monitoring of the eclipsing low-mass X-ray binary V395 Car (2S 0921-630). Our observations reveal a clear, repeating orbital modulation with an amplitude of about one magnitude in B,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Teresa A. Ashcraft , Robert I. Hynes , Edward L. Robinson

Three periastron passages of the PSR B1259$-$63/LS 2883 binary system, consisting of a 48 ms rotation-powered pulsar and a $\sim30$ M$_{\odot}$ Be star, have been observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-15 T. J. Johnson , K. S. Wood , M. Kerr , R. H. D. Corbet , C. C. Cheung , P. S. Ray , N. Omodei

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

CCD photometric observations in VRI colors and spectroscopic observations of the newly discovered eclipsing binary GSC 2314-0530 (NSVS 6550671) with dMe components and very short period of P=0.192636 days are presented. The simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. Dimitrov , D. Kjurkchieva

The {\it Kepler} light curve of KIC 4739791 exhibits partial eclipses, inverse O'Connell effect, and multiperiodic pulsations. Including a starspot on either of the binary components, the light-curve synthesis indicates that KIC 4739791 is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Jae Woo Lee , Seung-Lee Kim , Kyeongsoo Hong , Jae-Rim Koo , Chung-Uk Lee , Jae-Hyuck Youn

Approximately 150 low-mass white dwarfs, with masses below 0.4Msun, have been discovered. The majority of these low-mass WDs are observed in binary systems as they cannot be formed through single-star evolution within the Hubble time. In…

A long-term spectroscopic and photometric survey of the most luminous and massive stars in the vicinity of the super-massive black hole Sgr A* revealed two new binaries; a long-period Ofpe/WN9 binary, GCIRS 16NE, with a modest eccentricity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 O. Pfuhl , T. Alexander , S. Gillessen , F. Martins , R. Genzel , F. Eisenhauer , T. K. Fritz , T. Ott