Episodic accretion in binary protostars emerging from self-gravitating solar mass cores
arXiv:1712.09646 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732076
Abstract
Observations show a large spread in the luminosities of young protostars, which are frequently explained in the context of episodic accretion. We here test this scenario using numerical simulations following the collapse of a solar mass molecular cloud using the GRADSPH code, varying the strength of the initial perturbations and the temperature of the cores. A specific emphasis of this paper is to investigate the role of binaries and multiple systems in the context of episodic accretion, and to compare their evolution to the evolution in isolated fragments. Our models form a variety of low mass protostellar objects including single, binary and triple systems with binaries more active in exhibiting episodic accretion than isolated protostars. We also find a general decreasing trend for the average mass accretion rate over time, suggesting that the majority of the protostellar mass is accreted within the first 10^5 years. This result can potentially help to explain the surprisingly low average luminosities in the majority of the protostellar population.
16 pages, 13 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication with A&A
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