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Table 5.
Flare parameters derived from blackbody fits to 84 individual soft flares from the second pole in AM Herculis.
| Parameter | Unit | Mean | StD | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Δtflare | s | 46.4 | 43.1 | 9 | 236 |
| trise | s | 7.5 | 10.5 | 1 | 86 |
| tfall | s | 9.6 | 9.3 | 1 | 72 |
| kTBB | eV | 35.0 | 2.8 | 26.6 | 39.9 |
| FBB | erg cm−2 s−1 | 1.53 × 10−9 | 6.9 × 10−10 | 4.2 × 10−10 | 5.1 × 10−9 |
| ℱBB | erg cm−2 | 6.39 × 10−8 | 5.84 × 10−8 | 8.7 × 10−9 | 3.5 × 10−7 |
| Lbol, BB | erg s−1 | 7.0 × 1032 | 3.2 × 1032 | 1.9 × 1032 | 2.3 × 1033 |
| ABB | cm−2 | 2.8 × 1014 | 2.8 × 1014 | 3.9 × 1013 | 2.0 × 1015 |
| RBB | km | 87 | 34 | 35 | 252 |
| fBB | – | 4.2 × 10−5 | 4.2 × 10−5 | 6.0 × 10−6 | 3.1 × 10−4 |
| Lf | erg s−1 | 2.1 × 1037 | 5.9 × 1036 | 6.8 × 1036 | 3.4 × 1037 |
| Ṁ | g s−1 | 4.9 × 1015 | 2.2 × 1015 | 1.3 × 1015 | 1.6 × 1016 |
| ṁ | g cm−2 s−1 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 36 |
| mblob | g | 2.1 × 1017 | 1.9 × 1017 | 2.8 × 1016 | 1.1 × 1018 |
| lblob | km | 40 300 | 56 000 | 5300 | 460 000 |
| lblob | RWD | 5.6 | 7.8 | 0.74 | 64 |
Notes. Given are the mean values, the standard deviation, the minimum and the maximum values.
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