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We introduce the STAR-MELT Python package that we developed to facilitate the analysis of time-resolved emission line spectroscopy of young stellar objects. STAR-MELT automatically extracts, identifies and fits emission lines. We summarise…

Context. Determining the ages of young stellar systems is fundamental to test and validate current star-formation theories. Aims. We aim at developing a Bayesian version of the expansion rate method that incorporates the a priori knowledge…

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We report signatures of episodic accretion in young stellar objects (YSOs) that emerge in protobinary configurations in a gravoturbulent gas collapse. We find in most of these protobinary systems strong accretion bursts between the two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Rafeel Riaz , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Siegfried Vanaverbeke , Ralf S. Klessen

Accurate measurements of statistical properties, such as the star formation rate and the lifetime of young stellar objects (YSOs) in different stages, is essential for constraining star formation theories. However, it is a difficult task to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-04 Yi-Lung Chiu , Chi-Ting Ho , Daw-Wei Wang , Shih-Ping Lai

While the rate of accretion onto T Tauri stars is predicted to decline with age, objects with strong accretion have been detected up to ages of 10 Myr. We analyze a sample of these old accretors identified by having a significant $U$ band…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Laura Ingleby , Nuria Calvet , Jesus Hernandez , Cesar Briceno , Jon Miller , Catherine Espaillat , Melissa McClure

We use various analytical techniques to study Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) in an area of approximately $10' \times 10'$ in the IRAS 18456-0223 star-forming region. We use archival optical (Gaia DR3) and infrared (2MASS, UKIDSS, Spitzer,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-06 Nilesh Pandey , U. S. Kamath

Research on young stellar populations is essential to understand the properties of embedded clusters and advance theories of their formation. This has driven advancements in methodologies for star detection, leading to the development of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 E. Nikoghosyan , D. Baghdasaryan , D. Andreasyan , N. Azatyan , A. Samsonyan , A. Yeghikyan

Young massive stars influence their surroundings from local to galactic scales, but the observational challenges associated with their distance and embedded nature has, until the recent decade, made high-resolution studies of these objects…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 A. J. Frost , R. D. Oudmaijer , S. L. Lumsden , W-J de Wit

There is currently no accepted theoretical framework for the formation of the most massive stars, and the manner in which protostars continue to accrete and grow in mass beyond \sim10Msun is still a controversial topic. In this study we use…

We investigate the young stellar objects (YSOs) in the Lynds~1641 (L1641) cloud using multi-wavelength data including Spitzer, WISE, 2MASS, and XMM covering ~1390 YSOs across a range of evolutionary stages. In addition, we targeted a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Min Fang , Jinyoung Serena Kim , Roy van Boekel , Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar , Thomas Henning , Kevin Flaherty

We developed a tool that measures equivalent widths of various lines in low resolution optical spectra, and it was applied to stellar spectra obtained as part of SDSS-V and LAMOST programs. These lines, such as Li I which directly indicates…

We review the use of young low mass stars and protostars, or young stellar objects (YSOs), as tracers of star formation. Observations of molecular clouds at visible, infrared, radio and X-ray wavelengths can identify and characterize the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-04 S. T. Megeath , R. A. Gutermuth , M. A. Kounkel

Young stellar objects in their pre-main sequence phase are characterized by irregular changes in brightness, generally attributed to an increase of the mass accretion rate due to various kind of instabilities occurring in the circumstellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 F. Strafella , G. Altavilla , T. Giannini , A. Giunta , D. Lorenzetti , A. Nucita , A. Franco

The decade-long Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey has detected numerous highly variable young stellar objects (YSOs). We present a study of 61 highly variable VVV YSOs ($\Delta K_s$ = 1-5 mag), combining near infrared spectra…

Classification of young stellar objects (YSOs) into different evolutionary stages helps us to understand the formation process of new stars and planetary systems. Such classification has traditionally been based on spectral energy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-05 Oskari Miettinen

To date, there is no explanation as to why disc-tracing CO first overtone (or `bandhead') emission is not a ubiquitous feature in low- to medium-resolution spectra of massive young stellar objects, but instead is only detected toward…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 J. D. Ilee , R. D. Oudmaijer , H. E. Wheelwright , R. Pomohaci

The study of Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) is one of the most exciting topics that can be undertaken by long baseline optical interferometry. The magnitudes of these objects are at the edge of capabilities of current optical interferometers,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fabien Malbet

Low-resolution spectra from 3000-9000 AA of young low-mass stars and brown dwarfs were obtained with LRIS on Keck I. The excess UV and optical emission arising in the Balmer and Paschen continua yields mass accretion rates ranging from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Gregory J. Herczeg , Lynne A. Hillenbrand

We have performed a WISE (Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer) based study to identify and characterize young stellar objects (YSOs) in 12x12 degree Perseus OB2 association. Spectral energy distribution (SED) slope in range of 3.4-12 micron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 Mohaddesseh Azimlu , J. Rafael Martinez-Galarza , August A. Muench

The temporal decay of mass accretion in young stars is a fundamental tracer of the early evolution of circumstellar disks. Through population syntheses, we study how correlated uncertainties between the estimated parameters of young stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Nicola Da Rio , Rob D. Jeffries , Carlo F. Manara , Massimo Robberto