K2 Ultracool Dwarfs Survey. IV. Monster Flares Observed on the Young Brown Dwarf CFHT-BD-Tau 4
@article{Paudel2018K2UD, title={K2 Ultracool Dwarfs Survey. IV. Monster Flares Observed on the Young Brown Dwarf CFHT-BD-Tau 4}, author={Rishi R. Paudel and John E. Gizis and Dermott Mullan and Sarah J. Schmidt and Adam J. Burgasser and Peter K. G. Williams and Edo Berger}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2018}, volume={861} }
We present photometric measurements of two superflares observed on a very young brown dwarf, CFHT-BD-Tau 4, observed during Campaign 13 of the Kepler K2 mission. The stronger of the two superflares brightened by a factor of ∼48 relative to the quiescent photospheric level, with an increase in Kepler magnitude . It has an equivalent duration of ∼107 hr, a flare duration of 1.7 days, and an estimated total bolometric (ultraviolet/optical/infrared) energy up to 2.1 × 1038 erg. The weaker of the…
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