2025PASJ...77..356H

A search of the hard X-ray archive data of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) found a transient source, NuSTAR J230059+5857.4, during an observation of 1E 2259+586 on 2013 April 25. A multi-wavelength analysis using X-ray, optical, and infrared data, mostly taken in its quiescent phase, was conducted to identify the origin of NuSTAR J230059+5857.4 and elucidate the phenomena associated with the flare activity. The results indicated that NuSTAR J230059+5857.4 was a stellar flare that occurred on a single M-dwarf, M-dwarf binary, or pre-main-sequence star. NuSTAR J230059+5857.4 exhibited a higher emission measure and higher temperature, $8.60^{+2.15}_{-1.73} \times 10^{54}\:$cm$^{-3}$ and $8.21^{+2.71}_{-1.86}\:$keV, respectively, on average than the nominal values of stellar flares reported in the past. The flare loop size estimated on the basis of the model to balance the plasma and magnetic pressures was larger than the stellar radius by a factor of several. Because, based on solar flare loops, this flare loop scale is excessively large, we conjecture that the observed large emission measure could be attributed to the observation of mutually associated multiple flares simultaneously occurring on the stellar surface, known as sympathetic flares. Thanks to the large effective area of NuSTAR in the hard X-ray band, we are able to conduct a detailed discussion about a temperature variation associated with the flare. Investigation of the temperature variation during the flare revealed that the temperature remained significantly higher than during the quiescent phase even after the count rate dropped to around $5\%$ of the peak. The sustained high temperature over the long duration is consistent with the idea of sympathetic flares. We found that it is essential to use theoretical models to evaluate loops and assess temporal changes in temperature, as done in this study, to determine whether there are multiple flares or not when analyzing flare observation data.