hyperflare
noun/ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)flɛə̯/
Etymology From hyper- + flare.
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Astronomy, Natural sciences Rare An extraordinarily powerful, massive flare, usually produced by a magnetar.
- Such hyperflares may be the result of phase transitions from neutron matter to hyperon or strange-quark matter in hyperstars.2005, Arnon Dar, Hyperstars - Main Origin of Short Gamma Ray Bursts?, page 8:
- We report an analysis of archival RXTE data from the 2004 December hyperflare from SGR 1806-20.2006, Tod E. Strohmeyer, Anna L. Watts, The 2004 Hyperflare from SGR 1806-20: Further Evidence for Global Torsional Vibrations, page 1:
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- For hyperflare events occurring at the time of advanced detector operation, the observable GW energetics at 100 Hz would be close to 10⁻³⁶J, leading to stringent constraints on the magnetar model.2014, Advanced Interferometers and the Search for Gravitational Waves: Lectures from the First VESF School on Advanced Detectors for Gravitational Waves, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 41:
- This seems very plausible, as statistical and energetic considerations allow one to explain basic properties of FRBs with transformation of a tiny fraction (~10⁻⁵) of the magnetar hyperflare (~10⁻⁴⁴ -10⁻⁴⁶ erg) into a short radio burst.2019, Particle Physics At The Silver Jubilee of Lomonosov Conferences - Proceedings of The Eighteenth Lomonosov Conference On Elementary Particle Physics, World Scientific Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 294: