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Superflares on solar-type stars

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  • Hiroyuki Maehara

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

  • Takuya Shibayama

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

  • Shota Notsu

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

  • Yuta Notsu

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

  • Takashi Nagao

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

  • Satoshi Kusaba

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

  • Satoshi Honda

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

  • Daisaku Nogami

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

  • Kazunari Shibata

    (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 17 Ohmine-cho Kita Kazan, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan)

Abstract

Observations of superflares on solar-type stars indicate that they are associated with much larger starspots than appear on the Sun, occur more frequently on rapidly rotating stars and, contrary to a previous proposal, are not frequently associated with hot Jupiters.

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  • Hiroyuki Maehara & Takuya Shibayama & Shota Notsu & Yuta Notsu & Takashi Nagao & Satoshi Kusaba & Satoshi Honda & Daisaku Nogami & Kazunari Shibata, 2012. "Superflares on solar-type stars," Nature, Nature, vol. 485(7399), pages 478-481, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:485:y:2012:i:7399:d:10.1038_nature11063
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11063
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    1. Ilan Noy & Tomáš Uher, 2022. "Four New Horsemen of an Apocalypse? Solar Flares, Super-volcanoes, Pandemics, and Artificial Intelligence," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 6(2), pages 393-416, July.

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