Photometric and spectroscopic study of the burst-like brightening of two Gaia-alerted young stellar objects

Nagy, Zsófia; Ábrahám, Péter; Kóspál, Ágnes; Park, Sunkyung; Siwak, Michał; Cruz-Sáenz de Miera, Fernando; Fiorellino, Eleonora; García-Álvarez, David; Szabó, Zsófia Marianna; Antoniucci, Simone; Giannini, Teresa; Giunta, Alessio; Kriskovics, Levente; Kun, Mária; Marton, Gábor; Moór, Attila; Nisini, Brunella; Pál, Andras; Szabados, László; Zieliński, Paweł; Wyrzykowski, Łukasz
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Fecha de publicación:
9
2022
Número de autores
21
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
2
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2
Descripción
Young stars show variability on different time-scales from hours to decades, with a range of amplitudes. We studied two young stars, which triggered the Gaia Science Alerts system due to brightenings on a time-scale of a year. Gaia20bwa brightened by about half a magnitude, whereas Gaia20fgx brightened by about two and half magnitudes. We analysed the Gaia light curves, additional photometry, and spectra taken with the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo and the Gran Telescopio Canarias. Several emission lines were detected towards Gaia20bwa, including hydrogen lines from H α to H δ, Pa β, Br γ, and lines of Ca II, O I, and Na I. The H α and Br γ lines were detected towards Gaia20fgx in emission in its bright state, with additional CO lines in absorption, and the Pa β line with an inverse P Cygni profile during its fading. Based on the Br γ lines, the accretion rate was $(2.4\!-\!3.1)\times 10^{-8}\, {\rm M}_\odot$ yr-1 for Gaia20bwa and $(4.5\!-\!6.6)\times 10^{-8}\, {\rm M}_\odot$ yr-1 for Gaia20fgx during their bright state. The accretion rate of Gaia20fgx dropped by almost a factor of 10 on a time-scale of half a year. The accretion parameters of both stars were found to be similar to those of classical T Tauri stars, lower than those of young eruptive stars. However, the amplitude and time-scale of these brightenings place these stars to a region of the parameter space, which is rarely populated by young stars. This suggests a new class of young stars, which produce outbursts on a time-scale similar to young eruptive stars, but with smaller amplitudes.
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