R-band LC and spectrum of a superstellar flare Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Xin L.P.
  2. Li H.L.
  3. Wang J.
  4. Han X.H.
  5. Xu Y.
  6. Meng X.M.
  7. Cai H.B.
  8. Huang L.,Lu X.M.
  9. Qiu Y.L.
  10. Wang X.G.
  11. Liang E.W.
  12. Dai Z.G.
  13. Wang X.Y.
  14. Wu C.,Zhang J.B.
  15. Li G.W.
  16. Turpin D.
  17. Feng Q.C.
  18. Deng J.S.
  19. Sun S.S.
  20. Zheng T.C.,Yang Y.G.
  21. Wei J.Y.
  22. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We report the detection and follow-up of a superstellar flare GWAC181229A with an amplitude of {Delta}R~9.5mag on an M9-type star by SVOM/GWAC and the dedicated follow-up telescopes. The estimated bolometric energy Ebol is (5.56-9.25)x10^34^erg, which makes the event one of the most powerful flares seen on ultracool stars. The magnetic strength is inferred to be 3.6-4.7kG. Thanks to sampling with a cadence of 15s, a new component near the peak time with a very steep decay is detected in the R-band light curve, followed by the two-component flare template given by Davenport+ (2014ApJ...797..122D). An effective temperature of 5340+/-40K is measured by fitting a blackbody shape to the spectrum in the shallower phase during the flare. The filling factors of the flare are estimated to be ~30% and 19% at the peak time and at 54 minutes after the first detection. The detection of this particular event with large amplitude, huge emitted energy, and a new component demonstrates that high-cadence sky monitoring cooperation with fast follow-up observations is very important for understanding the violent magnetic activity.

Keywords
  1. stellar-flares
  2. infrared-photometry
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. photometry
  5. spectroscopy
  6. m-stars
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021ApJ...909..106X
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2024-04-05T09:06:29Z
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2024-04-05T08:10:36Z
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2024-04-05T09:06:29Z
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