English

The Relationship between Accretion and Ionised Ejection among Young Stellar Objects in the Coronet Cluster

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2026-01-21 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present results from a coordinated, multi-epoch near-infrared and centimeter radio survey of young stellar objects (YSOs) in the Coronet, aimed at probing the connection between mass accretion and ionised mass loss. Using VLT-KMOS, we detect Brγ\gamma emission in 5 of the 26 targets, which also exhibit 3.3-cm continuum emission in VLA images, consistent with partially ionised jets. For seven additional sources, stringent flux upper limits were obtained. The derived accretion and ionised mass-loss rates for class I and class II YSOs follow a sublinear correlation M˙ionM˙acc0.3\dot{M}_{\mathrm{ion}} \propto \dot{M}_{\mathrm{acc}}^{0.3}, consistent with previous results for class II YSOs but extended here to earlier stages. Multi-epoch observations reveal modest variability in both tracers but no clear temporal correlation between accretion and ejection within timescales of a few months. The ratio M˙ion/M˙acc\dot{M}_{\mathrm{ion}}/\dot{M}_{\mathrm{acc}} shows an anti-correlation with M˙acc\dot{M}_{\mathrm{acc}}, increasing with time from class I YSOs to class II YSOs, suggesting an increase in jet-launching efficiency or ionisation fraction with evolution. These findings support a direct connection between accretion and outflow across the \sim Myr timescale of YSO evolution, while highlighting the complexity of their short-term interplay.

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@article{arxiv.2601.13459,
  title  = {The Relationship between Accretion and Ionised Ejection among Young Stellar Objects in the Coronet Cluster},
  author = {Arpan Ghosh and Roberto Galván-Madrid and Johanan Ramírez-Arellano and Carlos Carrasco-González and Gráinne Costigan and Suzanne Ramsay and Carlo Manara and Jan Forbrich and Hauyu Baobab Liu and Michihiro Takami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.13459},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures, 1 supplementary material containing 2 figures and 1 table. Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters

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