Episodic accretion in focus: Revealing the environment of FU Orionis-type stars

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  • O. Fehér
  • Kóspál
  • P. Ábrahám
  • M. R. Hogerheijde
  • Ch Brinch
  • D. Semenov
  • Bruce G. Elmegreen
  • L. Viktor Tóth
  • Manuel Güdel

The earliest phases of star formation are characterised by intense mass accretion from the circumstellar disk to the central star. One group of young stellar objects, the FU Orionis-type stars exhibit accretion rate peaks accompanied by bright eruptions. The occurance of these outbursts might solve the luminosity problem of protostars, play a key role in accumulating the final star mass, and have a significant effect on the parameters of the envelope and the disk. In the framework of the Structured Accretion Disks ERC project, we are conducting a systematic investigation of these sources with millimeter interferometry to examine whether they represent normal young stars in exceptional times or they are unusual objects. Our results show that FU Orionis-type stars can be similar to both Class I and Class II systems and may be in a special evolutionary phase between the two classes with their infall-driven episodic eruptions being the main driving force of the transition.

Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume359
Pages (from-to)87-90
Number of pages4
ISSN1743-9213
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Jan 2020

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    Research areas

  • circumstellar matter, molecular data, stars: Pre-main-sequence

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