2025ApJ...990L..32L


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2025ApJ...990L..32L - Astrophys. J., 990, L32 (2025/September-2)

Simultaneous Optical and Radio Observations of a Large Stellar Flare on EV Lac.

LU H.-P., ZHANG J.-L., TIAN H., ZHANG L.-Y., CHEN H.-C., ZHENG J., ZHANG J.-B., WANG J.-G., INOUE S., MAEHARA H. and NAMEKATA K.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present simultaneous optical and radio observations of a large stellar flare on the M dwarf EV Lac, captured between 12:00 and 15:00 UT on 2022 October 25. This event was jointly monitored with the 85 cm and 2.16 m optical telescopes at the Xinglong Observatory, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, enabling a comprehensive view of flare energy release and dynamic evolution. The flare persisted for 138 minutes with a bolometric energy exceeding 1.7 × 1033 erg and exhibited a double-peaked light curve. Temporal Hα line profiles show Stark broadening and red asymmetry with a redshift of ∼50 km s–1 near the first flare peak, suggesting downward plasma motion possibly due to chromospheric condensation. Enhanced blue wing emission near the second peak reaches a maximum blueshift of -240 km s–1, indicating a stellar prominence eruption with an estimated mass of 7.3 × 1018-3.3 × 1019 g. Flare blackbody temperature estimates indicate a peak of 12,500 K during the first peak, oscillating between 5500 K and 8100 K near the second peak, and cooling to 3700 K afterward. FAST radio observations reveal positive frequency-drifting, highly polarized bursts consistent with electron cyclotron maser emission modulated by stellar rotation, indicating magnetically trapped energetic electrons during the flare. This unique observation campaign provides a comprehensive view of plasma heating, plasma motions, and electron acceleration during a large stellar flare, offering new insights into the multiwavelength evolution of flare-related plasma processes in stellar atmospheres.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Stellar flares - Solar coronal mass ejections - Stellar coronal mass ejections - Solar filament eruptions - Spectroscopy

Simbad objects: 5

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Number of rows : 5
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 G 272-61B PM* 01 39 01.6377185550 -17 57 01.001240728           M6V 892 0
2 V* YZ CMi PM* 07 44 40.1723046464 +03 33 08.875227574 13.761 12.831 11.225 9.958 8.263 M4.0Ve 957 0
3 V* AD Leo PM* 10 19 36.2808181226 +19 52 12.010446571   10.82 9.52 9.19   dM3 1469 1
4 HD 197481 BY* 20 45 09.5324974119 -31 20 27.237889841   10.05 8.627 9.078 6.593 M1VeBa1 1344 0
5 V* EV Lac PM* 22 46 49.7312610268 +44 20 02.374381562   11.85 10.26 9.89   M4.0Ve 993 2

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