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Fu Orionis eruptions and early stellar evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Bo Reipurth*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory Casilla 19001 Santiago 19 Chile

Abstract

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The FU Orionis phenomenon has attracted increasing attention in recent years, and is now accepted as a crucial element in the early evolution of low mass stars. The general characteristics of FUors are outlined and individual members of the class are discussed. The discovery of a new FUor, BBW 76, is presented, together with a discussion of photometric and spectroscopic observations of the star. The evidence for circumstellar disks around T Tauri stars is briefly outlined, and the FUor phenomenon is discussed in the context of a disk accretion model. A large increase in the accretion rate through a circumstellar disk makes the disk self-luminous with a luminosity two or more orders larger than that of the star. Massive cool winds rise from FUors, and it is conceivable that they are related to the initiation of Herbig-Haro flows. The FUor phenomenon appears to be repetitive, and newborn low-mass stars may be cycling between the FUor state and the T Tauri state.

Type
III Flare Stars and Related Objects Fuors and Other Non-Stable Objects
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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