2025PASJ...77.1025I


Query : 2025PASJ...77.1025I

2025PASJ...77.1025I - Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 77, 1025-1035 (2025/October-0)

Time evolution of a white-light flare accompanied by probable postflare loops on the M-type dwarf EV Lacertae.

ICHIHARA S., NOGAMI D., NAMEKATA K., MAEHARA H., NOTSU Y., IKUTA K., HONDA S., OTSU T. and SHIBATA K.

Abstract (from CDS):

White-light flares are explosive phenomena accompanied by brightening of the continuum from near-ultraviolet to optical, which occur on the Sun and stars. In order to investigate the mechanism of white-light flares, we carried out simultaneous optical photometry (TESS: 6000-10000 Å) and spectroscopy (Seimei telescope: 4100-8900 Å) of the active flaring M-dwarf EV Lacertae on 2019 September 14. We detected a flare with high-time-cadence ($\sim$50 s) spectroscopic observation. At the peak, the continuum of the flare component is well fitted by a blackbody spectrum with a temperature of $T = 8122 \pm 273$ K, which is comparable with the results of previous studies, which reported that the spectral energy distribution of near-ultraviolet to optical during the flare could be approximated by single-temperature blackbody radiation at $T \sim 10^{4}$ K. We also estimated the time evolution of the flare temperature during the decay phase, which has not been reported with high-time-cadence spectroscopy. The radiative energy of this flare within the optical range is $4.4 \times 10^{32}$ erg, taking into account the time-dependent variation in the decreasing flare temperature and expanding flare area. Furthermore, we detected a delayed increase in the flux of H$\alpha$ after the photometric flare peak, secondary increase, and gradual increase even after the white-light flare ended. Comparison of our results with light curves obtained by the Sun-as-a-star analysis of solar flares indicates that these signals may be due to postflare loops near the stellar limb. Our result for the time evolution of the white-light continuum will help us to gain more insight into the mechanism of white-light flares on both the Sun and stars. Additionally, since extreme ultraviolet radiation from flare loops plays a key role in planetary atmospheric escape, the existence of postflare loops on stellar flares and their time evolution will help future studies on the habitability of close-in planets.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: activity - stars: flare - stars: late-type

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 CD-36 3202 Ro* 06 52 46.7429214048 -36 36 16.986178116   11.88 11.22   10.055 K2V(e) 23 0
2 V* AD Leo PM* 10 19 36.2808181226 +19 52 12.010446571   10.82 9.52 9.19   dM3 1469 1
3 Wolf 359 PM* 10 56 28.9208702274 +07 00 53.003285286 16.706 15.541 13.507 11.684 9.507 dM6 775 0
4 * 58 Aql * 19 54 44.7948526968 +00 16 25.050363384   5.703 5.631     B9IV 228 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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