NGTS clusters survey -- II. White-light flares from the youngest stars in Orion

Abstract

We present the detection of high energy white-light flares from pre-main sequence stars associated with the Orion complex, observed as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). With energies up to $5.2\times 10^{35}$ erg these flares are some of the most energetic white-light flare events seen to date. We have used the NGTS observations of flaring and non-flaring stars to measure the average flare occurrence rate for 4 Myr M0-M3 stars. We have also combined our results with those from previous studies to predict average rates for flares above $1\times 10^{35}$ ergs for early M stars in nearby young associations.

10 pages, 5 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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