The extreme-ultraviolet continuum of a strong stellar flare

Christian, Damian; Mathioudakis, M; Jevremovic, D; Dupuis, Jean; Vennes, Stephane; Kawka, A

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The extreme-ultraviolet continuum of a strong stellar flare

Date

2003

Authors

Christian, Damian

Mathioudakis, M

Jevremovic, D

Dupuis, Jean

Vennes, Stephane

Kawka, A

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present the serendipitous detection of an extreme-ultraviolet flare on EUVE J0613 -23.9B. The flare showed over a 200-fold increase above the quiescent emission in the DS/Lexan 60-200 Å wavelength band. Optical spectroscopy revealed that the event was