Simulated light curves with AFPs. Left panels: Light curves with synthetic flares using Eq. (1) and F_c = 2 cts/s, F_c = 0.5 cts/s, T_r = T_d = 1000 s with Poisson noise. Different time bins Δt are shown. The detected flare maxima are shown as red points. Blue shows the original light curve without noise. Right panels: AFPs calculated from synthetic light curves with 200 flares. The red line depicts the reference light curve without noise.