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Astron. Astrophys. 364, 641-645 (2000)
Detection of high-frequency optical oscillations on the flare star EV Lacertae
B.E. Zhilyaev 1,7,
Ya.O. Romanyuk 1,
I.A. Verlyuk 1,
O.A. Svyatogorov 1,
V.R. Khalack 1,
A.V. Sergeev 2,
R.K. Konstantinova-Antova 3,8,
A.P. Antov 3,8,
R.S. Bachev 3,
I.Yu. Alekseev 4,
V.E. Chalenko 4,
D.N. Shakhovskoy 4,
M.E. Contadakis 5 and
S.J. Avgoloupis 6
1 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Main Astronomical Observatory, Golosiiv, Kyiv-127, 03680, Ukraine (zhilyaev@mao.kiev.ua)
2 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, International Research Center for Astronomy, Medicine and Ecology, Golosiiv, Kyiv-127, 03680, Ukraine (sergeev@mao.kiev.ua)
3 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Astronomy, 72 Tsarigradsko shose, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria (antovi@astro.bas.bg)
4 Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchny, Crimea 98409, Ukraine (ilya@crao.crimea.ua)
5 University of Thessaloniki, Department of Geodesy and Surveying, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece (kodadaki@eng.auth.gr)
6 University of Thessaloniki, Department of Physics Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece (avgoloup@astro.auth.gr)
7 Isaac Newton Institute of Chile, Kiev Branch
8 Isaac Newton Institute of Chile, Bulgarian Branch
Received 10 May 2000 / Accepted 19 October 2000
Abstract
Many-site multichannel simultaneous observations of the flare star EV Lac revealed high-frequency brightness oscillations superimposed on the mean flare light curve. Oscillations occur at the earliest stage of a flare and are visible during the high state. Coherent oscillations of 26 and 13 sec were seen during three flare events. The pulsed fractions were 2.5% in the B band and 10-15% in the U band. This oscillatory phenomenon can be used to improve our understanding of the flare process.
Key words: stars:
flare 
stars:
oscillations
stars: individual: EV Lac
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Online publication: January 29, 2001
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