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An outburst and FU Ori-type disk of a former low luminosity protostar
العنوان: | An outburst and FU Ori-type disk of a former low luminosity protostar |
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المؤلفون: | Ashraf, Mizna, Jose, Jessy, Lee, Ho-Gyu, Peña, Carlos Contreras, Herczeg, Gregory J, Liu, Hanpu, Johnstone, Doug, Lee, Jeong-Eun |
سنة النشر: | 2023 |
المجموعة: | Astrophysics |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies |
الوصف: | Strong accretion outbursts onto protostars are associated with emission dominated by a viscously heated disk, which is characterized by high luminosities. We report the discovery and characterization of a strong mid-IR (3.4, 4.6 $\mu$m) outburst in the embedded protostar SSTgbs J21470601+4739394 (hereafter SSTgbsJ214706). SSTgbsJ214706 has steadily brightened in the mid-infrared by $\sim2$ magnitudes over the past decade, as observed by NEOWISE. Follow-up investigations with the Gemini near-IR spectrograph reveal that SSTgbsJ214706 is a binary system with a spatially extended outflow. The outburst is occurring on the more embedded southeast (SE) component, which dominates the mid- and far-infrared emission from the source. The outbursting component exhibits a spectrum consistent with an FU Ori-type outburst, including the presence of enhanced absorption observed in the molecular bands of CO. The luminosity of the SE component is estimated to be $\sim 0.23\,$ L$_\odot$ before the outburst and $\sim 0.95\,$ L$_\odot$ during the outburst, which is 1 to 2 orders of magnitude fainter than bonafide FU Ori outbursts. We interpret this eruption as an FU Ori-type outburst, although the possibility of brightening following an extinction episode cannot be ruled out. We discuss the implications and potential explanations for such a low-luminosity eruption. |
نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.10827 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsarx.2312.10827 |
قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
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