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SUMMARY:Special Astrophysics Seminar: Can superflares occur on the Sun ? -
  Prof. Kazunari Shibata
DTSTART:20160527T140000Z
DTEND:20160527T150000Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Hillier
DESCRIPTION:Solar flares are explosion in the solar atmosphere with energy
  10^29^ -10^32^ erg\, and sometimes cause troubles and disasters in our mo
 dern civilization. Recent observations by Kepler satellite revealed the oc
 currence of many superflares (with energy of 10^33^ -10^35^ erg) on solar 
 type stars\, including some Sun-like stars rotating as slow as the Sun. St
 atistical data analysis suggests that superflares with energy of 10^34^ er
 g occur once in 800 yr\, and superflares with 10^35^ erg occur once in 500
 0 yr. We shall discuss whether superflares with energy more than 10^33^ er
 g can occur on the Sun\, and discuss what will happen on the Earth if such
  superflares occur on the Sun.
LOCATION:MR14\,  Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Cam
 bridge
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