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Toward the Italian Astronomical Community's Contribution to HWO: Science, Technology, and Instrument Concepts
A. Fontana, F. Annibali, N. Antonietti +101
This paper summarizes the interest of the Italian astronomical community in the possible participation in the development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). It is largely b…
External photoevaporation in the center of Tr14
Katia Gkimisi, Da Eun Kang, Dominika Itrich +11
Most stars form in massive stellar clusters, where intense far-ultraviolet (FUV) radiation from OB stars can accelerate the dispersal of protoplanetary disks through external photo…
The FU Ori outburst of PR Ori B
Carlos Contreras Pena, Zsofia Nagy, Gregory Herczeg +42
We report the discovery of a nearby FU Ori-type outburst (FUor), PR Ori B, in the L1641 cluster of the Orion star-forming region. The high-amplitude variability was first identifie…
Gaia21bja: pre-main sequence star with quasi-periodic bursts
Ádám Mátéfy, Zsófia Nagy, Ágnes Kóspál +12
Gaia21bja is a Gaia alerted young stellar object (YSO) that exhibits at least seven quasi-peridoic brightenings over a 20 year-long light curve with durations of 1.5-2 years and am…
The Accretion Process on Protostars
Eleonora Fiorellino, Alice Somigliana
The process of mass accretion onto Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) plays a fundamental role in determining the final stellar mass and setting the initial conditions for planet formati…
Gaia20dsk: A new MNor discovered by the GLORIOUS collaboration
Patrik E. Németh, Fernando Cruz-Sáenz de Miera, Ágnes Kóspál +10
Context. Among known young stellar objects (YSOs), those exhibiting the most dramatic increases in brightness due to sudden increase in mass accretion rate are eruptive young stars…
Spectroscopic follow-up of Gaia alerted Young Stellar Object variables: the Large Binocular Telescope view
Teresa Giannini, Manuele Gangi, Fernando Cruz-Saenz de Miera +13
We analyzed optical/near-IR Large Binocular Telescope spectra of 16 sources alerted by Gaia between 2021 and 2024 due to significant photometric variability. Half of the spectra we…
Toward the time-domain spectroscopic study of the dynamic life of stars: from accretion to magnetic activity
Fatemeh Zahra Majidi, Amelia Bayo, Marc Audard +11
Stars and planets can be seen as the second fundamental building blocks of baryons in the universe (only second to the dust and gas in molecular clouds). Their formation involves d…
Coordinated Space- and Ground-based Monitoring of Accretion Bursts in a Protoplanetary Disk: The Orbital and Accretion Properties of DQ Tau
Hala Alqubelat, Carlo F. Manara, Justyn Campbell-White +9
Multiplicity in pre-main-sequence (PMS) systems shapes circumstellar and circumbinary disks, often producing features such as inner cavities, spiral arms, and gas streamers that fa…
PENELLOPE VII: Revisiting empirical relations to measure accretion luminosity
E. Fiorellino, J. M. Alcalá, C. F. Manara +10
The accretion luminosity (Lacc) in young, low-mass stars is crucial for understanding stellar formation, but direct measurements are often hindered by limited spectral coverage and…
The 2023 outburst of the Gaia alerted EXor Gaia23bab
Zsófia Nagy, Ágnes Kóspál, Péter Ábrahám +33
Episodic accretion is a fundamental process in the build-up of the stellar mass. EX Lupi-type eruptive young stars (EXors) represent one of the main types of episodic accretion. We…
Investigating the Upper Scorpius OB association with HERMES. I. The spectroscopic sample and 6D kinematics
Joseph J. Armstrong, Jonathan C. Tan, Nicholas J. Wright +5
We present results from a large spectroscopic survey of the nearest young association to the Sun, Upper Scorpius, conducted using 2dF/HERMES on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. We u…
Coordinated Space and Ground-Based Monitoring of Accretion Bursts in a Protoplanetary Disk: Establishing Mid-Infrared Hydrogen Lines as Accretion Diagnostics for JWST-MIRI
Benjamin M. Tofflemire, Carlo F. Manara, Andrea Banzatti +17
In this paper, we establish and calibrate mid-infrared hydrogen recombination lines observed with JWST as accretion tracers for pre-main-sequence stars that accrete from circumstel…
Gaia20bdk -- a new FUor in Sh 2-301 Star Forming Region
M. Siwak, Á. Kóspál, P. Ábrahám +28
Context. We analyse multi-colour photometric and spectroscopic observations of a Young Stellar Object Gaia20bdk. Aims. We aim to investigate the exact nature of the eruptive phenom…
Identification of a turnover in the initial mass function of a young stellar cluster down to 0.5 M
Matthew De Furio, Michael R. Meyer, Thomas Greene +11
A successful theory of star formation should predict the number of objects as a function of their mass produced through star-forming events. Previous studies in star-forming region…
Evidence for magnetic boundary layer accretion in RU Lup. A spectrophotometric analysis
A. Armeni, B. Stelzer, A. Frasca +9
The aim of this work is to characterize the accretion process of the classical T Tauri Star RU Lup. We studied optical high-resolution spectroscopic observations from CHIRON and ES…
A Multi-wavelength, Multi-epoch Monitoring Campaign of Accretion Variability in T Tauri Stars from the ODYSSEUS Survey. III. Optical Spectra
John Wendeborn, Catherine C. Espaillat, Thanawuth Thanathibodee +20
Classical T Tauri Stars (CTTSs) are highly variable stars that possess gas- and dust-rich disks from which planets form. Much of their variability is driven by mass accretion from…
A Multi-wavelength, Multi-epoch Monitoring Campaign of Accretion Variability in T Tauri Stars from the ODYSSEUS Survey. I. HST FUV and NUV Spectra
John Wendeborn, Catherine C. Espaillat, Sophia Lopez +17
The Classical T Tauri Star (CTTS) stage is a critical phase of the star and planet formation process. In an effort to better understand the mass accretion process, which can dictat…
Gaia23bab : a new EXor
T. Giannini, E. Schisano, P. Abraham +10
On March 6 2023, the Gaia telescope has alerted a 2-magnitude burst from Gaia23bab, a Young Stellar Object in the Galactic plane. We observed Gaia23bab with the Large Binocular Tel…
The Enigma of Gaia18cjb: a Rare Hybrid of FUor and EXor?
Eleonora Fiorellino, Peter Abraham, Agnes Kospal +28
Context. Gaia18cjb is one of the Gaia-alerted eruptive young star candidates which has been experiencing a slow and strong brightening during the last 13 years, similar to some FU…
Brightness and mass accretion rate evolution during the 2022 burst of EX~Lupi
F. Cruz-Sáenz de Miera, Á. Kóspál, P. Ábrahám +18
EX Lupi is the prototype by which EXor-type outbursts were defined. It has experienced multiple accretion-related bursts and outbursts throughout the last decades, whose study have…
Gaia21bty: An EXor lightcurve exhibiting an FUor spectrum
Michał Siwak, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Ágnes Kóspál +16
Gaia21bty, a pre-main sequence star that previously had shown aperiodic dips in its light curve, underwent a considerable mag brightening that occurred over a few mo…
The Radial Distribution and Excitation of H2 around Young Stars in the HST-ULLYSES Survey
Kevin France, Nicole Arulanantham, Erin Maloney +8
The spatial distribution and evolution of gas in the inner 10 au of protoplanetary disks form the basis for estimating the initial conditions of planet formation. Among the most im…
The Gaia alerted fading of the FUor-type star Gaia21elv
Zsófia Nagy, Sunkyung Park, Péter Ábrahám +26
FU Orionis objects (FUors) are eruptive young stars, which exhibit outbursts that last from decades to a century. Due to the duration of their outbursts, and to the fact that only…