A giant flare on a t tauri star observed at millimeter wavelengths

Details A giant flare on a t tauri star observed at millimeter wavelengths A giant flare on a t tauri star observed at millimeter wavelengths

2003-10-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310727v1

PASJ Letters vol.55, 2003 December 25 issue

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 5 figures

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We have conducted multi-epoch synthesis imaging of 2 and 3 millimeter (mm) continuum emission and near infrared K band 2.2 um imaging of a flare event in January 2003 that occurred on the young stellar object GMR-A which is suggested to be a weak-line T Tauri star in the Orion cluster. Our mm data showed that the flare activity lasted at least over 13 days, whereas the K-band magnitude did not change during this event. In addition, we have succeeded in detecting short time variations of flux on the time scales of 15 minutes. The total energy of the flare is estimated to be 10^{35-36} erg, which makes it one of the most energetic flares reported to date. Comparing the mm continuum luminosities with reported X-ray luminosities, we conclude that the mm flare was similar in nature to solar and other stellar flares. Our results will be a crucial step toward understanding magnetically induced stellar surface activities in T Tauri stars.

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