Stellar flares observed by LOFT: implications for the physics of coronae and for the "space weather" environment of extrasolar planets

2015/01/12 by S. A. Drake, Drake, S. A., E. Behar +17
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1501.02771

White Paper in Support of the Mission Concept of the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing

arxiv created 2015/01/12 · arxiv updated 2015/01/13

Abstract

This is a White Paper in support of the mission concept of the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT), proposed as a medium-sized ESA mission. We discuss the potential of LOFT for the study of stellar flares. For a summary, we refer to the paper.

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