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Pulsed accretion in a variable protostar

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  • James Muzerolle

    (Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive)

  • Elise Furlan

    (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)

  • Kevin Flaherty

    (Steward Observatory, 933 North Cherry Avenue, University of Arizona)

  • Zoltan Balog

    (Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie, Konigstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Robert Gutermuth

    (University of Massachusetts)

Abstract

The infrared luminosity of a young protostar (about 105 years old) is found to increase by a factor of ten in roughly one week every 25.34 days; this is attributed to pulsed accretion associated with an unseen binary companion.

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  • James Muzerolle & Elise Furlan & Kevin Flaherty & Zoltan Balog & Robert Gutermuth, 2013. "Pulsed accretion in a variable protostar," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7432), pages 378-380, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7432:d:10.1038_nature11746
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11746
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