A population of eruptive variable protostars in VVV

C. Contreras Peña, P. W. Lucas, D. Minniti +10

We present the discovery of 816 high amplitude infrared variable stars ($\Delta K_{\mathrm{s}}>$ 1 mag) in 119 deg${}^2$ of the Galactic midplane covered by the Vista Variables in the Via Lact…