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We continued the analysis of 279 G-type stars with superflares (energies in the range of 1033–1036 erg). We calculated the SFL parameter (part of the stellar surface which emits in the flare). The SFL estimates were derived from the relation connecting this value with the amplitude of the flare and its radiation on the assumption of the blackbody character of the emission at times close to its maximum. Most SFL values are in the range of 0–0.1, with values of 0.2–0.4 for some strong flares. Dependence of SFL on effective temperature for stars with superflares is similar to that found earlier for the spottedness parameter S. The SFL distribution reaches its maximum in the temperature range of about 5100–5250 K and decreases with the effective temperature increase. We suggested an assumption on the presence of bimodal distribution in the “SFL–rotation period” relation with a gap for objects with rotation periods P of about 10 days. For stars with P less than 10 days, the given data can indicate a decrease in flare areas with the P increase. Our analysis showed that significant changes both in flare energy and in flare areas can be achieved with small changes in spottedness S for one and the same star.
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Original Russian Text © I.S. Savanov, E.S. Dmitrienko, 2016, published in Astrofizicheskii Byulleten, 2016, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 62–67.
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Savanov, I.S., Dmitrienko, E.S. Parameters of superflares on G-Type stars observed with the Kepler space telescope. Astrophys. Bull. 71, 59–63 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990341316010065
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