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We conducted high dispersion spectroscopic observations of 50 superflare stars with Subaru/HDS. These 50 stars were selected from the solar-type superflare stars that we had discovered from the Kepler data. More than half (34 stars) of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-09 Yuta Notsu , Satoshi Honda , Hiroyuki Maehara , Shota Notsu , Takuya Shibayama , Daisaku Nogami , Kazunari Shibata

We searched for superflares on solar-type stars using the Kepler short-cadence (1-min sampling) data in order to detect superflares with short duration. We found 187 superflares on 23 solar-type stars whose bolometric energy ranges from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-11 Hiroyuki Maehara , Takuya Shibayama , Yuta Notsu , Shota Notsu , Satoshi Honda , Daisaku Nogami , Kazunari Shibata

We performed simple spot-model calculations for quasi-periodic brightness variations of solar-type stars showing superflares, by using Kepler photometric data. Most of superflare stars show quasi-periodic brightness modulations with the…

In the archive of the Ground Wide Angle Camera (GWAC), we found 43 white light flares from 43 stars, among which, three are sympathetic or homologous flares, and one of them also has a quasi-periodic pulsation with a period of $13.0\pm1.5$…

Magnetic storms on stars manifest as remarkable, randomly occurring changes of the luminosity over durations that are tiny in comparison to the normal evolution of stars. These stellar flares are bursts of electromagnetic radiation from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-13 Adam F. Kowalski

M dwarfs are magnetically active stars that frequently produce flares, which have implications for both stellar evolution and exoplanet studies. Flare occurrence rates and activity levels of M dwarfs correlate with stellar characteristics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Benjamin K. Capistrant , Jason Dittmann

The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) is the only project in existence to scan the entire sky in optical light every $\sim$day, reaching a depth of $g\sim18$ mag. Over the course of its first four years of transient alerts…

We investigate the flare-frequency distributions of 5 M-dwarfs that experienced superflares with energies in excess of $10^{33}$ erg detected by ASAS-SN. We use K2 and TESS short-cadence observations along with archival ASAS-SN data to…

The habitability of planets is closely connected with the stellar activity, mainly the frequency of flares and the distribution of flare energy. Kepler and TESS find many flaring stars are detected via precise time-domain photometric data,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-19 Dong-Yang Gao , Hui-Gen Liu , Ming Yang , Ji-Lin Zhou

Although late-type dwarfs and giant stars are substantially different, their flares are thought to originate in similar physical processes and differ only by a scale factor in the energy levels. We study the validity of this approach. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 Katalin Oláh , Bálint Seli , Zsolt Kővári , Levente Kriskovics , Krisztián Vida

We present Spitzer MIPS observations at 24 um of 37 solar-type stars in the Pleiades and combine them with previous observations to obtain a sample of 71 stars. We report that 23 stars, or 32 +/- 6.8%, have excesses at 24 um at least 10%…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 J. M. Sierchio , G. H. Rieke , K. Y. L. Su , P. Plavchan , J. R. Stauffer , N. I. Gorlova

We report the latest statistical analyses of superflares on solar-type (G-type main-sequence; effective temperature is 5100 - 6000 K) stars using all of the $Kepler$ primary mission data, and $Gaia$-DR2 (Data Release 2) catalog. We updated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 Soshi Okamoto , Yuta Notsu , Hiroyuki Maehara , Kosuke Namekata , Satoshi Honda , Kai Ikuta , Daisaku Nogami , Kazunari Shibata

A recent analysis of high precision photometry obtained using the Kepler spacecraft has revealed two surprising discoveries: (1) over 860 main sequence A-type stars -- approximately 40% of those identified in the Kepler field -- exhibit…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-11 James Sikora , Gregg A. Wade , Jason Rowe

In this paper we present a detailed analysis of a sample of eight Am stars, four of them are in the {\it Kepler} field of view. We derive fundamental parameters for all observed stars, effective temperature, gravity, rotational and radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 G. Catanzaro , V. Ripepi

Superflares, as strong explosions on stars, have been well studied with the progress of space time-domain astronomy. In this work, we present the study of superflares on solar-type stars using Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Zuo-Lin Tu , Ming Yang , Z. J. Zhang , F. Y. Wang

We carried out spectroscopic observations with Subaru/HDS of 50 solar-type superflare stars found from Kepler data. More than half (34 stars) of the target stars show no evidence of the binary system, and we confirmed atmospheric parameters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-16 Yuta Notsu , Satoshi Honda , Hiroyuki Maehara , Shota Notsu , Takuya Shibayama , Daisaku Nogami , Kazunari Shibata

We analyze new observations of superflares on G-stars discovered in the optical and near IR ranges with the Kepler mission. An evolution of solar-type activity is discussed. We give an estimate of the maximal total energy, $E_{tot} =…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 M. M. Katsova , M. A. Livshits

Triggered star formation in bright rims and shells is reviewed. Shells are commonly observed in the Milky Way and other galaxies, but most diffuse shells seen in HI or the infrared do not have obvious triggered star formation. Dense…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Bruce G. Elmegreen

We report the latest view of Kepler solar-type (G-type main-sequence) superflare stars, including recent updates with Apache Point Observatory (APO) 3.5m telescope spectroscopic observations and Gaia-DR2 data. First, we newly conducted…

Observations have suggested that galactic outflows contain substantial amounts of dense and clumpy molecular gas, creating favourable conditions for igniting star formation. Indeed, theoretical models and hydrodynamical simulations have…