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We conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations for Ross 15 in order to further study the flare properties of this less observed flare star. A total of 28 B-band flares are detected in 128 hours of photometric observations, leading…

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During a pointed 2018 NuSTAR observation, we detected a flare with a 2.2 hour duration from the magnetar 1RXS J170849.0$-$400910. The flare, which rose in $\sim25$ seconds to a maximum flux 6 times larger than the persistent emission, is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-12 George Younes , Matthew G. Baring , Chryssa Kouveliotou , Zorawar Wadiasingh , Daniela Huppenkothen , Alice K. Harding

Microflares have been considered to be among the major energy input sources to form active solar corona. To investigate the response of the low atmosphere to events, we conducted an ALMA observation at 3 mm coordinated with IRIS and Hinode…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Toshifumi Shimizu , Masumi Shimojo , Masashi Abe

Spectroscopic observations in X-ray wavelengths provide excellent diagnostics of the temperature distribution in solar flare plasma. The Solar X-ray Monitor (XSM) onboard the Chandrayaan-2 mission provides broad-band disk integrated soft…

Solar flares are complex phenomena emitting all types of electromagnetic radiation, and accelerating particles on timescales of minutes, converting magnetic energy to thermal, radiative, and kinetic energy through magnetic reconnections. As…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-01 Crisel Suarez , Christopher S. Moore

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 report on the properties of 11 early B stars observed with gratings on board XMM-Newton and Chandra, thereby doubling the number of B stars analysed at high resolution. The spectra typically appear soft, with temperatures of 0.2--0.6…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 Constantin Cazorla , Yael Naze

LkHA312 has been observed serendipitously with the ACIS-I detector on board Chandra with 26h continuous exposure. This H_alpha emission line star belongs to the star-forming region M78 (NGC2068). From the optical and NIR data, we show that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Grosso , T. Montmerle , E. D. Feigelson , T. G. Forbes

Solar flares are widely accepted to be powered by magnetic reconnection that involves complex dynamics in various scales. The flare supra-arcade and loop-top region, directly impacted by fast reconnection downflows, contains a wealth of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-27 Tingyu Gou , Katharine K. Reeves

We present the X-ray quiescent and flaring properties from a unique, 7-day multiwavelength observing campaign on the M1 flare star AU Mic. Combining the XMM-Newton X-ray spectra with the chromospheric line and broadband NUV and optical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Yuta Notsu , Isaiah I. Tristan , Rachel A. Osten , Alexander Brown , Adam F. Kowalski , Carol A. Grady

We study the chromosphere and corona of the ultra-fast rotator AB Dor A at high temporal and spectral resolution using simultaneous observations with XMM-Newton in the X-rays, VLT/UVES in the optical, and the ATCA in the radio. Our optical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Lalitha , B. Fuhrmeister , U. Wolter , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , D. Engels , M. H. Wieringa

Understanding the relationship among different emission components plays an essential role in the study of particle acceleration and energy conversion in solar flares. In flares where gradual and impulsive emission components can be readily…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Siming Liu , Youping Li , Lyndsay Fletcher

GRS 1915+105 has exhibited at least three modes of long-wavelength (infrared to radio) flares. Class A flares are the bright ($\sim 1$ Jy) radio events whose apparent superluminal motion in many ways defines the microquasars. Class B flares…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen Eikenberry

We report on two millimeter flares detected by ALMA at 220 GHz from AU Mic, a nearby M dwarf. The larger flare had a duration of only $\sim35$ sec, with peak $L_{R}=2\times10^{15}$ erg s$^{-1}$ Hz$^{-1}$, and lower limit on linear…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-30 Meredith A. MacGregor , Rachel A. Osten , A. Meredith Hughes

Small scale flare-like brightenings around active regions are among the smallest and most fundamental of energetic transient events in the corona, providing a testbed for models of heating and active region dynamics. In a previous study, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Adam R. Kobelski , David E. McKenzie

Ways to give medium- and short-term predictions of solar flares are proposed according to the statistical analysis of events during solar cycle 23. On one hand, the time distribution of both C and M class flares shows two main periods of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-17 Z. Q. Qu

This paper reports measurements of Sgr A* made with NACO in L' -band (3.80 um), Ks-band (2.12 um) and H-band (1.66 um) and with VISIR in N-band (11.88 um) at the ESO VLT, as well as with XMM-Newton at X-ray (2-10 keV) wavelengths. On 4…

We analyse the multiwavelength observations of an M2.9/1N flare that occurred in the active region (AR) NOAA 11112 in the vicinity of a huge filament system on 16 October 2010. SDO/HMI magnetograms reveal the emergence of a bipole (within…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Pankaj Kumar , Sung-Hong Park , K. -S. Cho , S. -C. Bong

This Research Note is in response to the recent paper by S. M. Perriyil et al. (2026). They provide measurements of the time delay (delta t) between the hard X-ray and soft X-ray peak times for 96 flares observed with RHESSI and GOES. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Brian R. Dennis , Hugh Hudson , Joel Allred

We present a multi-instrument study of the two precursor brightenings prior to the M6.5 flare (SOL2015-06-22T18:23) in the NOAA Active Region 12371, with a focus on the temperature (T), electron number density (n), and emission measure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Nian Liu , Ju Jing , Yan Xu , Haimin Wang