Bibcode
Garcia Alvarez, D.
Bibliographical reference
Irish Astron. J., 27, 117-136 (2000)
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2000
Citations
11
Refereed citations
11
Description
Stellar flare research is an exciting and rapidly developing field of
astrophysics. The Sun is an invaluable proving ground to test
predictions of flare theories and to develop analytical techniques for
future stellar applications, because the lack of spatial resolution for
stellar flares pushes us to extrapolate models of solar flares to the
stellar situation. Stellar flares can sometimes be several orders of
magnitude more energetic than their solar counterparts, which may
suggest that new phenomena are taking place which are not observed on
the Sun. Because of widely different energy ranges and atmospheric
properties, the investigation of stellar flares is seen as a potential
breakthrough in our understanding of flares as a whole. Because
flarelike physical processes occur in diverse astrophysically
interesting regimes, the field of solar and stellar flares, and
therefore, their modelling can serve as an astrophysical touchstone.