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J.M. Wheatley, B.Y. Welsh, S.E. Browne (UC Berkeley), R.D. Robinson (Catholic University of America), M. Seibert (Caltech), R.M. Rich (UCLA), GALEX Science Team
We present several high time-resolution (0.1 s) lightcurves of bright, short-duration (< 1000 s) flare events recorded at ultraviolet wavelengths (1350 - 2750 A) during the first 18 months of observations by the NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). These outbursts originate on nearby M-dwarf (dMe) flare stars, and can result in a brightening of over 5 UV magnitudes in a period of less than 200 seconds.
We compare and contrast pre and post flare behavior in order to derive meaningful parameters that can be used as a general diagnostic tool of the complex emission structure often exhibited by these outbursts. Finally, we show plots of SDSS (g - r) and GALEX UV magnitudes that can be used to identify previously unknown active dM stars.
GALEX is a NASA Small Explorer. We gratefully acknowledge NASA's support for construction, operation, and science analysis for the GALEX mission.
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 37 #2
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