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Hyper X-ray Flares on Active Stars Detected with MAXI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

Masaya Higa
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University email: higa@phys.chuo-u.ac.jp
Yohko Tsuboi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University email: higa@phys.chuo-u.ac.jp
Hitoshi Negoro
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Nihon University
Satoshi Nakahira
Affiliation:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Hiroshi Tomida
Affiliation:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Masaru Matsuoka
Affiliation:
MAXI team, RIKEN
The MAXI team
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Nihon University
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Abstract

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MAXI started its operation in 2009 August. Owing to its unprecedentedly high sensitivity as an all-sky X-ray monitor and to its capability of real-time data transfer, we have detected 56 strong flares from twenty-one active stars (eleven RS CVn systems, one Algol system, seven dMe stars, one dKe star and one Young Stellar Object). These flares have large X-ray luminosity of 6 × 1030 –5 × 1033 ergs s−1 in the 2–20 keV band. The flares can be thought to be high ends among their own categories. During the flare from AT Mic on 2012 April 18th, one of the largest X-ray luminosities was recorded as a dMe star, 6 × 1032 ergs s−1 in the 2–20 keV band. It is larger than its bolometric luminosity by 4 times. The total energy emitted during the flare is 1036 ergs in the same band. Such total energy can be obtained on large flares from RS CVn system, but not on any other flares from dMe stars. In this proceeding, we report on the present situation in characteristics of hyper X-ray flares on each stellar categories.

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