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2017MNRAS.467.4462L - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 467, 4462-4466 (2017/June-1)

Fermi/LAT detection of a transient gamma-ray flare in the vicinity of the binary star DG CVn.

LOH A., CORBEL S. and DUBUS G.

Abstract (from CDS):

Solar flares are regularly detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi satellite, however no γ-ray emission from other stellar eruptions has ever been captured. The Swift detection in 2014 April of a powerful outburst originating from DG CVn, with associated optical and radio emissions, enticed us to search for possible 0.1-100 GeV emission from this flaring nearby binary star using the Fermi/LAT. No γ-ray emission is detected from DG CVn in 2014, but we report a significant γ-ray excess in 2012 November, at a position consistent with that of the binary. There are no reports of contemporary flaring at other wavelengths from DG CVn or any other source within the error circle of the γ-ray source. We argue that the γ-ray flare is more likely to have been associated with a background blazar than with DG CVn and identify a candidate for follow-up study.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): acceleration of particles - stars: flare - stars: individual: (DG CVn) - gamma-rays: stars - gamma-rays: stars

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