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A model for the observed periodicity in the flaring rate on YY Gem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

J. G. Doyle ,
G.H.J. van den Oord ,
C. J. Butler  and
T. Kiang
J. G. Doyle
Affiliation:
1 Armagh Observatory, Armagh, N. Ireland
G.H.J. van den Oord
Affiliation:
2 Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France
C. J. Butler
Affiliation:
1 Armagh Observatory, Armagh, N. Ireland
T. Kiang
Affiliation:
3 Dunsink Observatory, Dublin 15, Ireland

Abstract

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Four flares were observed on the late-type binary YY Gem in March 1988 during a total monitoring time of 408 min. The flares were unusual in that there is a periodicity in their occurrence, being separated by 48 ± 3 min. Considering the flares to be formed as a stochastic process, we find that the probability of these events occurring by chance is 0.5%. Modelling indicates that for quite reasonable input parameters (e.g. a spot field strength of 1000 G and a filament with mass per unit length of 106g cm-1), the flare periodicity can be explained in terms of filament oscillations. The only requirement is that there should be a filament at these heights where the magnetic field drops inversely proportional to the height.

Type
IV Theoretical Problems and Interpretation of Observations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 137: Flare Stars in Star Clusters, Association and Solar Vicinity , 1990 , pp. 325 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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