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We report here the discovery of an optical flare observed in R band from the red-dwarf eclipsing binary CU Cnc whose component stars are at the upper boundary of full convection (M1=0.43 and M2=0.4M0, M0 is the solar mass). The amplitude of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-30 Qian S. -B. , J. Zhang , L. -Y. Zhu , L. Liu , W. -P. Liao , E. -G. Zhao , J. -J. He , L. -J. Li , K. Li , Z. -B. Dai

High-energy X-rays and gamma-rays from solar flares were discovered just over fifty years ago. Since that time, the standard for the interpretation of spatially integrated flare X-ray spectra at energies above several tens of keV has been…

We report the results of a multifrequency campaign targeting S5 0716+714 in the flaring state of the source observed in 2015 January and February. The observations have been performed using the following instruments: Fermi/Large Area…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-03 Alicja Wierzcholska , Hubert Siejkowski

We report on a giant stellar flare from the RS CVn-type binary UX Arietis, detected with the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) and followed by a 12-day optical spectroscopic campaign using the 3.8~m Seimei Telescope. The flare released…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-03 Sota Urabe , Yohko Tsuboi , Kosuke Namekata , Sakura Nawa , Hiroyuki Maehara , Noboru Nemoto , Yuta Notsu , Wataru Iwakiri

Blazars are a subclass of active galactic nuclei (AGN) that emit non-thermal radiation through relativistic jets, characterized by rapid flux and polarization variability. High synchrotron-peaked blazars (HSPs) and extreme high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-26 Adithiya Dinesh , Alberto Dominguez , V. Paliya , J. L. Contreras , S. Buson , M. Ajello

Much evidence suggests that the solar corona is heated impulsively, meaning that nanoflares may be ubiquitous in quiet and active regions (ARs). Hard X-ray (HXR) observations with unprecedented sensitivity $>$3~keV are now enabled by…

NuSTAR is a highly sensitive focusing hard X-ray (HXR) telescope and has observed several small microflares in its initial solar pointings. In this paper, we present the first joint observation of a microflare with NuSTAR and Hinode/XRT on…

We report the detection of a long-duration optical flare in the recenltly discovered, X-ray selected, chromospherically binary 2RE J0743+224. The high resolution echelle spectroscopic observations taken in 12-21th January 1998 exhibit a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Montes , L. W. Ramsey

We report nine long X-ray bursts from neutron stars, detected with Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI). Some of these bursts lasted for hours, and hence are qualified as superbursts, which are prolonged thermonuclear flashes on neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-28 Motoko Serino , Wataru Iwakiri , Toru Tamagawa , Takanori Sakamoto , Satoshi Nakahira , Masaru Matsuoka , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Hitoshi Negoro

We compare the characteristics of flare-accelerated energetic electrons at the Sun with those injected into interplanetary space. We have identified 17 energetic electron events well-observed with the SEPT instrument aboard STEREO which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-20 Nina Dresing , A. Warmuth , F. Effenberger , K. -L. Klein , S. Musset , L. Glesener , M. Brüdern

A multi-wavelength spatial and temporal analysis of solar high energy electrons is conducted using the August 20, 2002 flare of an unusually flat (gamma=1.8) hard X-ray spectrum. The flare is studied using RHESSI, Halpha, radio, TRACE, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Kasparova , M. Karlicky , E. P. Kontar , R. A. Schwartz , B. R. Dennis

We report the detection of emission from a non-thermal electron distribution in a small solar microflare (GOES class A5.7) observed by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), with supporting observation by the Reuven Ramaty High…

In this paper, the energy budgets of two single-loop like flares observed in X- ray are analysed under the assumption that non-thermal electrons (NTEs) are the only source of plasma heating during all phases of both events. The flares were…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-19 R. Falewicz

We discuss observations of chromospheric evaporation for a complex flare that occurred on 9 March 2012 near 03:30 UT obtained from the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode spacecraft. This was a multiple event with a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 George A. Doschek , Harry P. Warren , Peter R. Young

In this work, 1272 superflares on 311 stars are collected from 22,539 solar-type stars from the second-year observation of Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which almost covered the northern hemisphere of the sky. Three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-24 Zuo-Lin Tu , Ming Yang , H. -F. Wang , F. Y. Wang

Active M-type stars are known to often produce superflares on the surface. Radiation from stellar (super-)flares is important for the exoplanet habitability, but the mechanisms are not well understood. In this paper, we report simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 Keiichi Namizaki , Kosuke Namekata , Hiroyuki Maehara , Yuta Notsu , Satoshi Honda , Daisaku Nogami , Kazunari Shibata

We analyse here four observations of nova KT Eri (Nova Eri 2009) done with the Chandra High Resolution Camera Spectrometer (HRC-S) and the Low Energy Transmission Grating (LETG) in 2010, from day 71 until day 159 after the optical maximum,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-10 Songpeng Pei , Marina Orio , Jan-Uwe Ness , Nataly Ospina

We report on Chandra, RXTE, Swift/BAT and MAXI observations of a ~1 day X-ray flare and subsequent outburst of a transient X-ray source observed in October-November 2011 in the globular cluster Terzan 5. We show that the source is the same…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 D. Altamirano , L. Keek , A. Cumming , G. R. Sivakoff , C. O. Heinke , R. Wijnands , N. Degenaar , J. Homan , D. Pooley

In the standard model of solar eruptive events, coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and flares are associated with each other through magnetic reconnection initiated by erupting flux ropes. Observations also reveal an increasing association ratio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-24 Changxue Chen , Yang Su , Wei Chen , Jingwei Li , Fu Yu , Weiqun Gan

Hard X-ray emissions from a Herbig Be star MWC297 were discovered in three separate observations spanning 5 days in April 1994 with the Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA). An X-ray flare was found at the beginning of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Hamaguchi , H. Terada , A. Bamba , K. Koyama