Review reveals magnetic mechanisms linking extreme particle events and superflares across solar-type stars, indicating that energy partitioning governs eruptive outcomes.
Key Points
To review the current understanding of the physical mechanisms connecting solar magnetic activity, extreme solar particle events, and stellar superflares.
Synthesized paleoclimate records of cosmogenic isotope spikes preserved in tree rings and ice cores over the past 15,000 years.
Assessed high-precision space photometry of superflares occurring on Sun-like stars alongside magnetic energy release models.
Demonstrated that extreme solar particle events and stellar superflares do not exhibit a direct one-to-one relationship despite both arising from magnetic energy storage and release.
Identified that variations in magnetic flux and topology primarily control how released energy partitions across electromagnetic radiation, mass ejections, and charged particle acceleration.