Analysis of coordinated observations of a giant stellar flare

Details Analysis of coordinated observations of a giant stellar flare Analysis of coordinated observations of a giant stellar flare

Oct 1989

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Final Technical Report, 1 Mar. 1988 - 31 Aug. 1989 Texas Univ., Austin. Dept. of Astronomy.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomy, Flare Stars, Solar Physics, Stellar Flares, Stellar Radiation, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Iue, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet Photometry, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, X Ray Spectra

Scientific paper

Multi-wavelength observations of a giant flare on the star AD Leo were obtained with the 2.1 m and 0.9 m telescopes at McDonald Observatory and the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite. The quality, spectral coverage, and time resolution of the data represented a major improvement over any published stellar flare data. Two theoretical, quantitative flare models were developed. Combining the models, the chromospheric emission model predictions in the hydrogen Balmer lines, Da II K, Mg II h + k and the optical continuum were compared to the observations, with the result that much of the gradual phase flare emission could be produced by the x ray and conductive heated atmospheres. The models lend insight into the impulsive phase flare emission, but do not reproduce it. Soft x ray and conductive heating of the chromosphere is a natural consequence of the coronal temperatures that have been observed during the gradual phase of flares on the sun and on M dwarf stars. The improved flare observations and quantitative flare models presented here show that these heating mechanisms can produce atmospheres whose emission matches many of the observed stellar flare features.

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