2016
A VERY BRIGHT, VERY HOT, AND VERY LONG FLARING EVENT FROM THE M DWARF BINARY SYSTEM DG CVn
OSTEN, Rachel A., Adam KOWALSKI, Stephen A. DRAKE, Hans KRIMM, Kim PAGE et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
A VERY BRIGHT, VERY HOT, AND VERY LONG FLARING EVENT FROM THE M DWARF BINARY SYSTEM DG CVn
Autoři
OSTEN, Rachel A. (840 Spojené státy), Adam KOWALSKI (840 Spojené státy), Stephen A. DRAKE (840 Spojené státy), Hans KRIMM (840 Spojené státy), Kim PAGE (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Kosmas GAZEAS (300 Řecko), Jamie KENNEA (840 Spojené státy), Samantha OATES (724 Španělsko), Mathew PAGE (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Enrique DE MIGUEL (724 Španělsko), Rudolf NOVÁK (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Tomáš APELTAUER (203 Česká republika) a Neil GEHRELS (840 Spojené státy)
Vydání
Astrophysical Journal, BRISTOL, IOS Publishing, 2016, 0004-637X
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10308 Astronomy
Stát vydavatele
Velká Británie a Severní Irsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 5.533
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093551
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
UT WoS
000390490100034
Klíčová slova anglicky
stars: coronae; stars: flare; stars: individual (DG CVn)
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 29. 3. 2017 16:24, Ing. Andrea Mikešková
Anotace
V originále
On 2014 April 23, the Swift satellite responded to a hard X-ray transient detected by its Burst Alert Telescope, which turned out to be a stellar flare from a nearby, young M dwarf binary DG CVn. We utilize observations at X-ray, UV, optical, and radio wavelengths to infer the properties of two large flares. The X-ray spectrum of the primary outburst can be described over the 0.3-100 keV bandpass by either a single very high-temperature plasma or a nonthermal thick-target bremsstrahlung model, and we rule out the nonthermal model based on energetic grounds. The temperatures were the highest seen spectroscopically in a stellar flare, at T-X of 290 MK. The first event was followed by a comparably energetic event almost a day later. We constrain the photospheric area involved in each of the two flares to be >10(20) cm(2), and find evidence from flux ratios in the second event of contributions to the white light flare emission in addition to the usual hot, T similar to 10(4) K blackbody emission seen in the impulsive phase of flares. The radiated energy in X-rays and white light reveal these events to be the two most energetic X-ray flares observed from an M dwarf, with X-ray radiated energies in the 0.3-10 keV bandpass of 4 x 10(35) and 9 x 10(35) erg, and optical flare energies at E-V of 2.8 x 10(34) and 5.2 x 10(34) erg, respectively. The results presented here should be integrated into updated modeling of the astrophysical impact of large stellar flares on close-in exoplanetary atmospheres.