hyperflare

English

Alternative forms

• hyper flare
• hyper-flare

Etymology

hyper- +‎ flare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)flɛə̯/

Noun

hyperflare (plural hyperflares)

1. (astronomy, very rare) An extraordinarily powerful, massive flare, usually produced by a magnetar.
   • 2005, Arnon Dar, Hyperstars - Main Origin of Short Gamma Ray Bursts?‎^[1], page 8:

     Such hyperflares may be the result of phase transitions from neutron matter to hyperon or strange-quark matter in hyperstars.

   • 2006, Tod E. Strohmeyer, Anna L. Watts, The 2004 Hyperflare from SGR 1806-20: Further Evidence for Global Torsional Vibrations, page 1:

     We report an analysis of archival RXTE data from the 2004 December hyperflare from SGR 1806-20.

   • 2014, Advanced Interferometers and the Search for Gravitational Waves: Lectures from the First VESF School on Advanced Detectors for Gravitational Waves‎^[2], Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 41:

     For hyperflare events occurring at the time of advanced detector operation, the observable GW energetics at 100 Hz would be close to to 10^-36J, leading to stringent constraints on the magnetar model.

   • 2019, Particle Physics At The Silver Jubilee of Lomonosov Conferences - Proceedings of The Eighteenth Lomonosov Conference On Elementary Particle Physics‎^[3], World Scientific Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 294:

     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.