English
Related papers

Related papers: X-Ray Superflares on CC Eri

200 papers

We report the observation on UT 2017.07.01 of an unusually powerful flare detected in near-infrared continuum photometry of Proxima Centauri. During a campaign monitoring the star for possible exoplanet transits, we identified an increase…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-24 John F. Kielkopf , Rhodes Hart , Bradley D. Carter , Stephen C. Marsden

We report on broadband observations of CTA 102 ($z=1.037$) during the active states in 2016-2017. In the $\gamma$-ray band, Fermi LAT observed several prominent flares which followed a harder-when-brighter behavior: the hardest photon index…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 S. Gasparyan , N. Sahakyan , V. Baghmanyan , D. Zargaryan

We analyse the 30 October, 2004, X1.2/SF solar event that occurred in AR 10691 (N13 W18) at around 11:44 UT. Observations at 212 and 405 GHz of the Solar Submillimeter Telescope (SST), with high time resolution (5 ms), show an intense…

We have found a large number of very strong flares in the available XTE PCA data of Cyg X-1 (also seen in available HEXTE and BATSE data) with 13 flares satisfying our chosen threshold criterion, occuring both in the hard and the soft…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Marek Gierlinski , Andrzej A. Zdziarski

We report a NuSTAR observation of a solar microflare, SOL2015-09-01T04. Although it was too faint to be observed by the GOES X-ray Sensor, we estimate the event to be an A0.1 class flare in brightness. This microflare, with only 5 counts…

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

Abridged. We observed the 40 Myr old star DS Tuc A with XMM-Newton and recorded two X-ray bright flares, with the second event occurring about 12 ks after the first one. Their duration from the rise to the end of the decay was of about 8-10…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 I. Pillitteri , C. Argiroffi , A. Maggio , G. Micela , S. Benatti , F. Reale , S. Colombo , S. J. Wolk

RHESSI observations of elementary flare bursts are presented. These solar flare elements are distinct emission peaks of a duration of some tens of seconds present in the hard X-ray light curves. They are characterized by consistent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paolo C. Grigis , Arnold O. Benz

We report multi-wavelength observations of four solar flares on 2014 July 07. We firstly select these flares according to the soft X-ray (SXR) and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emissions recorded by the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-05 Dong Li , Alexander Warmuth , Lei Lu , Zongjun Ning

We considered 18 solar flares observed between June 2010 and July 2012, in which high energy >100 MeV {\gamma}-emission was registered by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard FermiGRO. We examined for these {\gamma}-events soft X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-02 Alexei Struminsky , Weiqun Gan

Flares are powerful events ignited by a sudden release of magnetic energy. With the aim of studying flares in the 125-Myr-old stars in the Pleiades observed simultaneously in optical and X-ray light, we obtained new XMM-Newton observations…

We report on a large stellar flare from the nearby dMe flare star EV Lac observed by the Swift and Konus-Wind satellites and the Liverpool Telescope. It is the first large stellar flare from a dMe flare star to result in a Swift trigger…

The GOES M2-class solar flare, SOL2010-06-12T00:57, was modest in many respects yet exhibited remarkable acceleration of energetic particles. The flare produced an ~50 s impulsive burst of hard X- and \gamma-ray emission up to at least 400…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 Fermi GBM Collaboration , Fermi LAT Collaboration , B. R. Dennis , R. A. Schwartz , A. K. Tolbert

(Abridged) We report results from a comprehensive study of the nearby M dwarf Proxima Centauri with the XMM-Newton satellite. We find strongly variable coronal X-ray emission, with flares ranging over a factor of 100 in peak flux. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Guedel , M. Audard , F. Reale , S. L. Skinner , J. L. Linsky

We discuss the origin of two triggers of Swift's Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) that occurred in 2011. The triggers were identified with Swift J185003.2-005627, a previously unknown X-ray source, and the known but unclassified X-ray transient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 N. Degenaar , M. Linares , D. Altamirano , R. Wijnands

We report on an X-ray flare detected on the active binary system II~Pegasi with the Swift telescope. The trigger had a 10-200 keV luminosity of 2.2$\times10^{32}$ erg s$^{-1}$-- a superflare, by comparison with energies of typical stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. A. Osten , S. Drake , J. Tueller , J. Cummings , M. Perri , A. Moretti , S. Covino

We present simultaneous high-temporal and high-spectral resolution observations at optical and soft X-ray wavelengths of the nearby flare star CN Leo. During our observing campaign a major flare occurred, raising the star's instantaneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. H. M. M. Schmitt , F. Reale , C. Liefke , U. Wolter , B. Fuhrmeister , A. Reiners , G. Peres

Stellar flares are an intense stellar activity that can significantly impact the atmospheric composition of the surrounding planets and even the possible existence of life. During such events, the radiative energy of the star is primarily…

We present a long (150 ks elapsed time) ASCA X-ray observation of the dM3.5e star EV Lac, during which an exceptionally intense flaring event (lasting approximately 12 ks) was observed: at the flare's peak, the X-ray count rate in the ASCA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Favata , F. Reale , G. Micela , S. Sciortino , A. Maggio , H. Matsumoto