2026/08/05 by Cao Dongtao, Gu shenghong
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/adf8eb
published as 2025ApJ...991...54C
arxiv created 2026/08/05 · arxiv updated 2026/08/06
Stellar flares are frequently accompanied by prominence eruptions, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and other forms of plasma motion. Based on the long-term high-resolution spectroscopic monitoring data set of the RS CVn-type star II Pegasi (II Peg), we search for stellar prominence eruptions and potential CMEs by investigating asymmetric signatures in the Hα and Hβ line profiles during the flare events. We observed seven optical flares with asymmetric spectral profiles, releasing low limit energies of 1033--1034 erg in the Hα line. Five of these flares were associated with six potential CMEs, identified through the Doppler-shifted emission signatures in the chromospheric line profiles, particularly the Hα line. The mass estimates for the CME candidates range from 1019 to 1020 g, while the kinetic energies are calculated to be around 1033--1034 erg. The most massive CME candidate was simultaneously recorded in the Hα, Hβ, and He I D3 lines. For II Peg, the possible flare-CME association rate is about 30%. There were also some redshifted excess absorption signatures in the Hα line profiles. These signatures could not only be observed in the flaring spectra but also in the spectra without flare, which could be interpreted as features resulting from flare-driven coronal rain and quiescent rain, respectively.