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57 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Coronal Mass Ejections from Young Suns: An Observational View through the Solar-Stellar Connection

Kosuke Namekata

Kepler and TESS have revealed that magnetically active stars frequently produce flares and superflares, raising the possibility that frequent, fast, and massive coronal mass ejecti…

astro-ph.SR2026

Frequent X-class Far UV Flares from a Young Solar Analog DS Tucanae A

Tristen Sextro, Kevin France, Vladimir Airapetian +4

The young solar analog DS Tuc A (~45 million years old, spectral type G6V) serves as an excellent proxy to the Sun during early stages of the Earth's evolution. The young Sun's enh…

astro-ph.SR2026

Systematic and Statistical Properties of Prominence Eruptions on the M-dwarf YZ CMi

Yuto Kajikiya, Kosuke Namekata, Yuta Notsu +4

M-dwarfs produce frequent flares, and their associated mass ejections are expected to significantly affect the habitability of close-in exoplanets. Recent spectroscopic observation…

astro-ph.SR2026

Magnetic Heating Across the Sun and Solar-like Stars: Universal Scaling Laws from Chromospheres to Coronae

Shin Toriumi, Kosuke Namekata, Yuta Notsu +2

Magnetic activity in cool stars governs the thermal structure and high-energy radiative output of their outer atmospheres, thereby influencing stellar evolution, stellar winds, and…

astro-ph.SR2026

Time-Resolved Connection between Starspots and Flares in Nearby Young Solar-type Stars Observed by TESS

Daijiro Hitotsuyanagi, Hiroto Yamada, Daisuke Yamashiki +3

Superflares are energetic explosions on stellar surface with energies of 10^33-10^36 erg, significantly exceeding those of typical solar flares. While previous studies have suggest…

astro-ph.SR2026

Magnetic activity in cool stars: manifestations and relevance to exoplanets

E. Işık, A. Valio, A. Strugarek +10

Understanding stellar magnetic activity is central to exoplanet science in two ways: it sets the dynamic astrospheric boundary condition governing planetary space environments, and…

astro-ph.SR2026

Stellar Forcing of (exo)Planetary Environments

Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez, Erika Palmerio, Manuel Güdel +13

The environments of exoplanets are fundamentally shaped by the magnetic activity of their host stars through radiative, plasma, and particle-driven processes. This article presents…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 2 cited

X-ray and Hα superflare on an RS CVn-type star, UX Arietis: Constraint on the flare location from radial velocity change during the flare

Sota Urabe, Yohko Tsuboi, Kosuke Namekata +5

We report on a giant stellar flare from the RS CVn-type binary UX Arietis, detected with the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) and followed by a 12-day optical spectroscopic ca…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 4 cited

Spectral and photometric variability of SS 433 observed with XRISM and simultaneous optical and near-infrared telescopes

Yusuke Sakai, Shinya Yamada, Yuta Okada +36

We present results from coordinated multiwavelength observations of the SS 433, obtained with XRISM, optical telescopes, and near-infrared camera during 2024 April and 2025 March.…

astro-ph.SR2026

Multiwavelength Campaign Observations of a Young Solar-type Star, EK Draconis. III. Comparison between Starspot Mapping, Zeeman Doppler Imaging, and Multiwavelength Variability

Kai Ikuta, Kosuke Namekata, Pascal Petit +12

Recent simultaneous multiwavelength observations of a nearby young solar-type star EK Dra in the optical, H spectrum, and X-ray, have provided evidence for stellar prominence er…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

Doppler imaging combined with high-cadence photometry. I. Revisiting the surface of a pre-main-sequence flare star

Sanghee Lee, Engin Bahar, Hakan Volkan Şenavcı +11

Latitude distribution of stellar magnetic activity is not well constrained by observations, despite its importance for a better understanding of stellar dynamos. We aim to obtain a…

astro-ph.SR2025

The Preliminary Mauve Science Programme: Science themes identified for the first year of operations

Mauve Science Collaboration, Marcel Agueros, Don Dixon +22

Mauve is a low-cost small satellite developed and operated by Blue Skies Space Ltd. The payload features a 13 cm telescope connected with a fibre that feeds into a UV-Vis spectrome…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

The Exospace Weather Frontier

R. O. Parke Loyd, Evgenya L. Shkolnik, Joseph Lazio +26

Space weather is among the most powerful and least understood forces shaping planetary atmospheres. In our Solar System, we observe its effects directly: atmospheric escape, chemic…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 7 cited

Do Young Suns Produce Frequent, Massive CMEs? Results from Five-year Dedicated Optical Observations of EK Draconis and V889 Hercules

Kosuke Namekata, Hiroyuki Maehara, Yuta Notsu +4

We report results from a five-year (132-night) dedicated observational campaign targeting two nearby young solar-type stars, EK Draconis (50-125 Myr age) and V889 Hercules ($…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

Discovery of multi-temperature coronal mass ejection signatures from a young solar analogue

Kosuke Namekata, Kevin France, Jongchul Chae +14

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on the early Sun may have profoundly influenced the planetary atmospheres of early Solar System planets. Flaring young solar analogues serve as excell…

astro-ph.SR2025

Coronal Mass Ejections from Young Suns: Insights from Solar and Stellar Observations and Models

Kosuke Namekata

Recent discoveries have revealed exoplanets orbiting young Sun-like stars, offering a window into the early solar system. These young stars frequently produce extreme magnetic expl…

astro-ph.SR2025

A Semi-Empirical Estimate of Solar EUV Evolution from 10 Myr to 10 Gyr

Kevin France, Girish Duvvuri, Cynthia Froning +9

The extreme-ultraviolet (EUV; 100 -- 911 Å) spectra of F, G, K, and M stars provide diagnostics of the stellar chromosphere through the corona, with line and continuum formation te…

astro-ph.SR2025

Time evolution of white-light flare accompanied by probable postflare loops on M-type dwarf EV Lacertae

Shinnosuke Ichihara, Daisaku Nogami, Kosuke Namekata +6

White-light flares are explosive phenomena accompanied by brightening of continuum from near-ultraviolet to optical, which occur on the Sun and stars. In order to investigate the m…

astro-ph.SR2025

Systematic NICER study of the low-ionized Fe K line on RS Canum Venaticorum type stars

Shun Inoue, Teruaki Enoto, Yuta Notsu +4

The Fe K fluorescence line ( keV) has been observed during solar and stellar flares. Two emission mechanisms of the Fe K line, photoionization and collisional ioniz…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited

Temporal Variation of Flare Occurrence Rates via the Spot Evolution on the Sun and Solar-type Stars

Takato Tokuno, Kosuke Namekata, Hiroyuki Maehara +1

The spot evolution on the Sun and solar-type stars is important for understanding the nature of consequential flaring activity. This study statistically investigates the variance o…

astro-ph.SR2025

High-Time-Cadence Spectroscopy and Photometry of Stellar Flares on M-dwarf YZ Canis Minoris with Seimei Telescope and TESS. II. Statistical Properties of Blue/Red Asymmetries in the H Line

Yuto Kajikiya, Kosuke Namekata, Yuta Notsu +4

M-dwarfs frequently produce flares, and their associated coronal mass ejections (CMEs) may threaten the habitability of close-in exoplanets. M-dwarf flares sometimes show prominenc…

astro-ph.SR2024

High-Time-Cadence Spectroscopy and Photometry of Stellar Flares on M-dwarf YZ Canis Minoris with Seimei Telescope and TESS. I. Discovery of Rapid and Short-Duration Prominence Eruptions

Yuto Kajikiya, Kosuke Namekata, Yuta Notsu +3

M-dwarfs show frequent flares and associated coronal mass ejections (CMEs) may significantly impact close-in habitable planets. M-dwarf flares sometimes show red/blue asymmetries i…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 1 cited

Rising Near-Ultraviolet Spectra in Stellar Megaflares

Adam F. Kowalski, Rachel A. Osten, Yuta Notsu +5

Flares from M-dwarf stars can attain energies up to times larger than solar flares but are generally thought to result from similar processes of magnetic energy release and…

astro-ph.SR2024

Multiwavelength Campaign Observations of a Young Solar-type Star, EK Draconis. II. Understanding Prominence Eruption through Data-Driven Modeling and Observed Magnetic Environment

Kosuke Namekata, Kai Ikuta, Pascal Petit +15

EK Draconis, a nearby young solar-type star (G1.5V, 50-120 Myr), is known as one of the best proxies for inferring the environmental conditions of the young Sun. The star frequentl…