Observational evidence for enhanced magnetic activity of superflare stars

Superflares are large explosive events on stellar surfaces, much larger than solar flares, but it remains unclear whether they share the same origin. Here, the authors analysed 48 superflare stars and determine the relation between their chromospheric activity and the occurrence of superflares.

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Main Authors: Christoffer Karoff, Mads Faurschou Knudsen, Peter De Cat, Alfio Bonanno, Alexandra Fogtmann-Schulz, Jianning Fu, Antonio Frasca, Fadil Inceoglu, Jesper Olsen, Yong Zhang, Yonghui Hou, Yuefei Wang, Jianrong Shi, Wei Zhang
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/bef9b2fc0a58479a9becd16dd5f58ad8
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