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Superflares and “Hot-Jupiters”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Eric P Rubenstein
Eric P Rubenstein*
Affiliation:
Yale University Astronomy Dept., 260 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06520-8101, USA

Abstract

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Schaefer, King & Deliyannis (2000) reported the discovery of powerful stellar flares on single, solar-type stars. The outbursts on these F8-G8 stars were 102–107 times more powerful than the largest solar flares. The observed properties are similar to the magnetic reconnection driven events of RS CVn binaries. Rubenstein & Schaefer (2000) suggested that superflares may be magnetic reconnection events mediated by the interaction between the magnetospheres of a close-in jovian planet and the star. Stars exhibiting superflares may therefore harbor detectable planets.

Type
Part I: Discovery and study of extrasolar planets - current
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 202: Planetary Systems in the Universe – Observation, Formation and Evolution , 2004 , pp. 112 - 114
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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