Learning about Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections from Some of the Largest Stellar Flaring Events
Abstract
We report on a coherent analysis of a set of large stellar flaring events in the nearby universe, captured as part of the Neil Gehrels' Swift Observatory rapid response and multi-wavelength follow-up. The characteristics of these stellar flares (rapid increase in signal at hard X-ray energies, multi-wavelength signatures) make the automated response for probing gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows complementary to understanding energy release in these extreme magnetic reconnection events. I will present an initial study of time-resolved spectroscopy which has two main goals: to characterize the properties of these large flaring events in comparison and contrast with lower intensity flaring events, and to search in the time-spectral signal for any signature of associated transient mass loss.
- Publication:
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44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 16-24 July
- Pub Date:
- July 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022cosp...44.2447O