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We present a flare temperature study of the highly active M~dwarf Wolf~359 using simultaneous multiband ($u$, $g$, $r$, $i$, and $z$) photometric observations from the Lulin 1-m and 41-cm telescopes. Twelve flares were detected over five…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-29 Chia-Lung Lin , Li-Ching Huang , Wei-Jie Hou , Hsiang-Yao Hsiao , Wing-Huen Ip

Context. Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) are an inherent feature of solar and stellar flares. However, the mechanism behind them is debated hence it is necessary to further study them to obtain a complete picture of flares and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Aadish Joshi , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Daye Lim , Dario J. Fritzewski

In the study of stellar flares, traditional method of calculating total energy emitted in the continuum assumes the emission originating from a narrow chromospheric condensation region with a constant temperature of 10000 K and variable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-15 K. Bicz , R. Falewicz , P. Heinzel , P. Preś , D. Moździerski , A. Pigulski , D. Marchev , K. Kotysz , T. Atanasova , G. Yordanova , A. Georgiev

Space weather plays an important role in the evolution of planetary atmospheres. Observations have shown that stellar flares emit energy in a wide energy range (10^30-10^38 ergs), a fraction of which lies in X-rays and extreme ultraviolet…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Dimitra Atri , Shane R. Carberry Mogan

We investigate the effect of stellar activity and flares on short-term radial velocity measurements in the mid-M flare star CN Leo. Radial velocity variations are calculated from 181 UVES spectra obtained during three nights. We searched…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Ansgar Reiners

The statistical examination of solar flares is crucial to revealing their global characteristics and behaviour. Such examinations can tackle large-scale science questions or give context to detailed single-event studies. However, they are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Daniel F. Ryan , Marie Dominique , Dan Seaton , Koen Stegen , Arthur White

We search for superflares from 4,068 cool stars in 2+ years of Evryscope photometry, focusing on those with high-cadence data from both Evryscope and TESS. The Evryscope array of small telescopes observed 575 flares from 284 stars, with a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Ward S. Howard , Hank Corbett , Nicholas M. Law , Jeffrey K. Ratzloff , Amy L. Glazier , Octavi Fors , Daniel del Ser , Joshua Haislip

We present the results of a coordinated campaign to observe radio and optical stellar flares from the nearby M dwarf flare star EV~Lac. From a total of 27 hours of radio and 29 hours of optical observations, we examine the correspondence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-05 Rachel A. Osten , Adam F. Kowalski , Suzanne Hawley , Isaiah I. Tristan , Sarah J. Schmidt , Ben Tofflemire , Eric Hilton

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are energetic radio bursts that typically last for milliseconds. They are mostly of extragalactic origin, but the progenitors, trigger mechanisms and radiation processes are still largely unknown. Here we present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-03 Nurimangul Nurmamat , Yong-Feng Huang , Xiao-Fei Dong , Chen-Ran Hu , Orkash Amat , Ze-Cheng Zou , Abdusattar Kurban , Jin-Jun Geng , Chen Deng

We have carried out a search for flares from the analysis of light curves for 12 active G, K, and M dwarfs. As sources of data we used ground-based observations in 2000-2020 from the photometric databases ASAS, SuperWASP, KWS. Events of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 N. I. Bondar' , M. M. Katsova , A. A. Shlyapnikov

We analyze the light curve of the M5.5 dwarf Proxima Centauri obtained by the TESS in Sectors 11 and 12. In the $\approx 50$ day-long light curve we identified and analyzed 72 flare events. The flare rate was 1.49 events per day, in total,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Krisztián Vida , Katalin Oláh , Zsolt Kővári , Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi , Attila Moór , András Pál

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

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

SS433 is an exotic Galactic microquasar in which there is a supercritical inflow of matter into a compact object of likely black hole nature. Here we report on an SS433 flare that occurred during a TESS observation of Sector 54 in June of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-04 Idel Waisberg

Observations made using TESS revealed a sample of low mass stars which show a periodic modulation on a period $<0.2$~d. Surprisingly many of these Ultra Fast Rotating (UFR) stars showed no evidence of flare activity which would be expected…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-23 Gavin Ramsay , Pasi Hakala , J. Gerry Doyle , Lauren Doyle , Stefano Bagnulo

We report results of an observing campaign to study the dwarf M flare star EV Lacertae. Between October 2021 and January 2022 we obtained concurrent B band photometry and low resolution spectroscopy of EV Lac on 39 occasions during 10 of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-28 David Boyd , Robert Buchheim , Sean Curry , Frank Parks , Keith Shank , Forrest Sims , Gary Walker , John Wetmore , James Jackman

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 investigate the electron energy distributions (EEDs) and the acceleration processes in the jet of Mrk 421 through fitting the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) in different active states in the frame of a one-zone synchrotron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Dahai Yan , Li Zhang , Qiang Yuan , Zhonghui Fan , Houdun Zeng

M Dwarfs make up the majority of stars, offering an avenue for discovering exoplanets due to their smaller sizes. However, their magnetic activity poses challenges for exoplanet detection, characterization, and planetary habitability.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-14 Aylin Garcia Soto , Girish M. Duvvuri , Elisabeth R. Newton , Ward S. Howard , Alejandro Núñez , Stephanie T. Douglas

Solar flares and CMEs have a broad range of magnitudes. This review discusses the possibility of "extreme events," defined as those with magnitudes greater than have been seen in the existing historical record. For most quantitative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Hugh S. Hudson
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