Pulsations of optical emission of the YZ CMI flare on 9 February 2008
| 1Zhilyaev, BE, 2Tsap, YT, 3Andreev, MV, Stepanov, AV, Kopylova, YG, Gershberg, RE, Lovkaya, MN, 3Sergeev, AV, 1Verlyuk, IA, Stetsenko, KO 1Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 2Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, UA-98409 Nauchnyi, Crimea, Ukraine 3International Center for Astronomical, Medical and Ecological Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2011, 27(3):75-84 |
| Start Page: Physics of Stars and Interstellar Medium |
| Language: Russian |
Abstract: We consider one of the most powerful and long du ra tion flares of the red dwarf YZ CMi which was revealed from observations in the U band at the Peak Terskol Observatory on 9 February 2008. The stellar luminos ity was increased to the flare maximum by a factor of180 during 30 s and the total flare duration was equal to 1 h. Using the wavelet analysis, quasi-periodical pulsations with a period of about 11 s, an initial modulation depth of 5.5 %, and an exponential time of damping of 29 s are revealed. It is assumed that observed pulsations were caused by fast magnetohydrodynamic oscillations of the flare loop. Based on coronal seismology methods, the following parameters offlare plasma were determined: number density (2·1010 сm-3), plasma temperature (3·107 K), and the magnetic field value (0.015 T) in the region offlare energy release. |
| Keywords: flare, red dwarf YZ CMi |
