Cool Stars 14 - Submitted Abstract # 68
This version created on 05 October 2006

Characteristics of M Dwarf Flares


Eric Hilton, Univ. of Washington
Marcel Agueros, Columbia University
Suzanne Hawley, Univ. of Washington

Spectroscopic observations of optical counterparts to x-ray sources
were made with the ARC 3.5-meter telescope at Apache Point
Observatory.  During these observations, several M dwarfs were
serendipitously observed in a flaring state.  We present
characteristics of M dwarf flares from this active sample, including
Balmer decrements and flare energies, and compare the flare data to
recent radiative hydrodynamic flare models (Allred et al.  2006).

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