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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

We present an analysis of seven flares detected from five RS CVn-type binaries (UZ Lib, \sigma Gem, \lambda And, V711 Tau and EI Eri) observed with XMM-Newton observatory. The quiescent state X-ray luminosities in the energy band of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-11 J. C. Pandey , K. P. Singh

For the first time, we have used RHESSI's spatial and energy resolution to determine the combined chromospheric and coronal density profile of the flaring solar atmosphere in a statistical manner, using a dataset of 838 flares observable in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Pascal Saint-Hilaire , Sam Krucker , Robert P. Lin

We present millimeter, optical, and soft X-ray observations of a stellar flare with an energy squarely in the regime of typical X1 solar flares. The flare was observed from Proxima Cen on 2019 May 6 as part of a larger multi-wavelength…

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

We report on multi-wavelength observations spanning radio to X-ray wavelengths of the M dwarf flare star, EV Lacertae, probing the characteristics of the outer atmospheric plasma from the upper chromosphere to the corona. We detect the star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 R. A. Osten , S. L. Hawley , J. Allred , C. M. Johns-Krull , A. Brown , G. M. Harper

All the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) observations of AD Leo, totalling 1.1 Ms of exposure time, have been employed to analyze the corona of this single M dwarf. The light curves show a well defined quiescent stage, and a distribution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Sanz-Forcada , G. Micela

The X-ray spectrum of the late-type M-dwarf binary AT Mic (dM4.5e+dM4.5e) is observed in the wavelength range 1 - 40 Angstrom by means of rgs and epic-mos on board XMM-Newton. During the exposure a flare occured. We have performed a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. J. J. Raassen , R. Mewe , M. Audard , M. Guedel

In 2020, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) observed a rapidly rotating M7 dwarf, TIC 277539431, produce a flare at 81{\deg} latitude, the highest latitude flare located to date. This is in stark contrast to solar flares that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 Ekaterina Ilin , Katja Poppenhäger , Beate Stelzer , Desmond Dsouza

X-rays emitted by the coronae of solar-type stars are a feature present in up to late-A types during the main sequence phase. F stars, either with or without hot Jupiters, are usually X-ray emitters. The very low level of X-ray emission of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 I. Pillitteri , S. Colombo , G. Micela , S. J. Wolk

Stellar flares affect all atmospheric layers from the photosphere over chromosphere and transition region up into the corona. Simultaneous observations in different spectral bands allow to obtain a comprehensive picture of the environmental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Carolin Liefke , Birgit Fuhrmeister , Juergen H. M. M. Schmitt

New Swift monitoring observations of the variable, radio-quiet quasar, PDS 456, are presented. A bright X-ray flare was captured in September 2018, the flux increasing by a factor of 4 and with a doubling time-scale of 2 days. From the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 James Reeves , Valentina Braito , Delphine Porquet , Andrew Lobban , Gabriele Matzeu , Emanuele Nardini

We analyse the coronal elemental abundances during a small flare using Hinode/EIS observations. Compared to the pre-flare elemental abundances, we observed a strong increase in coronal abundance of Ca XIV 193.84 {\AA}, an emission line with…

The M dwarf Proxima~Centauri is known to be magnetically active and it hosts a likely Earth-like planet in its habitable zone. Understanding the characteristics of stellar radiation by understanding the properties of the emitting plasma is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 B. Fuhrmeister , A. Zisik , P. C. Schneider , J. Robrade , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , P. Predehl , S. Czesla , K. France , A. García Muñoz

The quiet solar corona emits meter-wave thermal bremsstrahlung. Coronal radio emission can only propagate above that radius, $R_\omega$, where the local plasma frequency eqals the observing frequency. The radio interferometer LOw Frequency…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 C. Vocks , G. Mann , F. Breitling , M. M. Bisi , B. Dabrowski , R. Fallows , P. T. Gallagher , A. Krankowski , J. Magdalenic , C. Marque , D. Morosan , H. Rucker

The existence of the million-degree corona above the cooler photosphere is an unsolved problem in astrophysics. Detailed study of quiescent corona that exists regardless of the phase of the solar cycle may provide fruitful hints towards…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 Vishal Upendran , Durgesh Tripathi , N. P. S. Mithun , Santosh Vadawale , Anil Bhardwaj

We analyze 19 bright variable X-ray sources detected in the XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST), in order to characterize the variations with time of their coronal properties and to derive informations on the…

Recent theoretical studies suggest the existence of low-mass zero-metal stars in the current universe. In order to study the basic properties of the atmosphere of low-mass first stars, we performed one dimensional magnetohydrodynamical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Haruka Washinoue , Takeru K. Suzuki

We analyze and model a C5.7 two-ribbon solar flare observed by SDO, Hinode and GOES on 2011 December 26. The flare is made of many loops formed and heated successively over one and half hours, and their footpoints are brightened in the UV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Chunming Zhu , Jiong Qiu , Dana W. Longcope

This paper investigates a quiescent (non-flaring) active region observed on July 13, 2010 in EUV, SXR, and HXRs to search for a hot component that is speculated to be a key signature of coronal heating. We use a combination of RHESSI…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Shin-nosuke Ishikawa , Sam Krucker