Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments

H Ji, W Daughton, J Jara-Almonte, A Le… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Astrophysical plasmas have the remarkable ability to preserve magnetic topology, which
inevitably gives rise to the accumulation of magnetic energy within stressed regions …

Stellar flares

AF Kowalski - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2024 - Springer
Magnetic storms on stars manifest as remarkable, randomly occurring changes of the
luminosity over durations that are tiny in comparison to the normal evolution of stars. These …

Extending optical flare models to the UV: results from comparing of TESS and GALEX flare observations for M Dwarfs

JAG Jackman, EL Shkolnik, C Million… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The ultraviolet (UV) emission of stellar flares may have a pivotal role in the habitability of
rocky exoplanets around low-mass stars. Previous studies have used white-light …

Characterizing the Near-infrared Spectra of Flares from TRAPPIST-1 during JWST Transit Spectroscopy Observations

WS Howard, AF Kowalski, L Flagg… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first analysis of JWST near-infrared spectroscopy of stellar flares from
TRAPPIST-1 during transits of rocky exoplanets. Four flares were observed from 0.6–2.8 μm …

No such thing as a simple flare: substructure and quasi-periodic pulsations observed in a statistical sample of 20 s cadence TESS flares

WS Howard, MA MacGregor - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A 20 s cadence Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite monitoring campaign of 226 low-mass
flare stars during Cycle 3 recorded 3792 stellar flares of≥ 10 32 erg. We explore the time …

Constraints on stellar flare energy ratios in the NUV and optical from a multiwavelength study of GALEX and Kepler flare stars

CE Brasseur, RA Osten, II Tristan… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a multiwavelength study of stellar flares on primarily G-type stars using
overlap** time domain surveys in the near-ultraviolet (NUV) and optical regimes. The …

High-energy spectra of LTT 1445A and GJ 486 reveal flares and activity

H Diamond-Lowe, GW King, A Youngblood… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
The high-energy radiative output, from the X-ray to the ultraviolet, of exoplanet host stars
drives photochemical reactions and mass loss in the upper regions of planetary …

Constraining the physical properties of stellar coronal mass ejections with coronal dimming: application to far-ultraviolet data of ϵ Eridani

ROP Loyd, JP Mason, M **, EL Shkolnik… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are a prominent contributor to solar system space weather
and might have impacted the Sun's early angular momentum evolution. A signal diagnostic …

A 7 day multiwavelength flare campaign on AU Mic. I. High-time-resolution light curves and the thermal empirical neupert effect

II Tristan, Y Notsu, AF Kowalski, A Brown… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present light curves and flares from a 7 day, multiwavelength observational campaign of
AU Mic, a young and active dM1e star with exoplanets and a debris disk. We report on 73 …

Detection of galactic and extragalactic millimeter-wavelength transient sources with SPT-3G

S Guns, A Foster, C Daley, A Rahlin… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
High angular resolution cosmic microwave background experiments provide a unique
opportunity to conduct a survey of time-variable sources at millimeter wavelengths, a …