Observational evidence for enhanced magnetic activity of superflare stars

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 11058 - 9
• Main Authors: Karoff, Christoffer, Knudsen, Mads Faurschou, De Cat, Peter, Bonanno, Alfio, Fogtmann-Schulz, Alexandra, Fu, Jianning, Frasca, Antonio, Inceoglu, Fadil, Olsen, Jesper, Zhang, Yong, Hou, Yonghui, Wang, Yuefei, Shi, Jianrong, Zhang, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.03.2016; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/33/34; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Stars

Superflares are large explosive events on stellar surfaces one to six orders-of-magnitude larger than the largest flares observed on the Sun throughout the space age. Due to the huge amount of energy released in these superflares, it has been speculated if the underlying mechanism is the same as for...