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Probing Magnetic Mysteries with Stellar Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Rachel A. Osten
Rachel A. Osten*
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Flares are a fact of life for stars in the cool half of the H-R diagram. The production of magnetic fields and the consequent dynamic interactions of field and plasma give rise to observational phenomena which span the electromagnetic spectrum. Stellar flares have an impact not only on the stellar atmosphere but also the stellar environment, which can include forming and already formed planets. This talk gave a brief review of our current state of understanding of stellar flares, highlighting some of the main unanswered questions by a panchromatic approach. It also emphasized commonalities between observations and analysis of stellar flares and other types of transient and variable sources.

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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S285: New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , September 2011 , pp. 137
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012