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We have developed time-dependent models of FU Ori accretion outbursts to explore the physical properties of protostellar disks. Our two-dimensional, axisymmetric models incorporate full vertical structure with a new treatment of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Zhaohuan Zhu , Lee Hartmann , Charles Gammie , Jonathan C. McKinney

We argue that the outbursts of the FU Orionis stars occur on timescales which are much longer than expected from the standard disc instability model with \alpha_{c} \gtrsim 10^{-3}. The outburst, recurrence, and rise times are consistent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 O. M. Matthews , R. Speith , G. A. Wynn

FU Orionis are young stellar objects undergoing episodes of enhanced luminosity, which are generally ascribed to a sudden increase of mass accretion rate in the surrounding protostellar disc. Models invoking a thermal instability in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Lodato , C. J. Clarke

Context. FU Orionis is the archetypal FUor star, a subclass of young stellar object (YSO) that undergo rapid brightening events, often gaining 4-6 magnitudes on timescales of days. This brightening is often associated with a massive…

FU Orionis (FUOR) outbursts are major optical brightening episodes in low-mass protostars that correspond to rapid mass-accretion events in the innermost region of a protostellar disc. The outbursts are accompanied by strong outflows, with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Arieh Königl , Marina M. Romanova , Richard V. E. Lovelace

Young stellar systems are known to undergo outbursts, where the star experiences an increased accretion rate, and the system's luminosity increases accordingly. The archetype is the FU Orionis (FU Ori) outburst, where the accretion rate can…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Duncan Forgan , Ken Rice

This paper describes eruptive phenomena in pre-main sequence stars. The eruptions of FU Orionis stars have much in common with outbursts in other accreting systems, such as dwarf novae and some symbiotic stars. These common features are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Scott J. Kenyon

A physical mechanism that drives FU Orionis-type outbursts is reconsidered. We study the effect of inner part of a circumstellar disk covering a region from near the central star to the radius of approximately $5$ AU (hereafter, the inner…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Takuya Ohtani , Shigeo S. Kimura , Toru Tsuribe , Eduard I. Vorobyov

Context: FUors outbursts are a crucial stage of accretion in young stars. However a complete mechanism at the origin of the outburst still remains missing. Aims: We aim at constraining the instability mechanism in FU Orionis star itself, by…

Disks around young stellar objects (YSOs) consist of material that thermally emits the energy provided by a combination of passive heating from the central star, and active, viscous heating due to mass accretion. FU Ori stars are YSOs with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Antonio C. Rodriguez

An enigmatic and rare type of young stellar object is the FU Orionis class. The members are interpreted as "outbursting," that is, currently in a state of enhanced accretion by several orders of magnitude relative to the more modest…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Krzysztof P. Findeisen

FU Orionis-type objects (FUors) are low-mass pre-main sequence stars undergoing a temporary, but significant increase of mass accretion rate from the circumstellar disk onto the protostar. It is not yet clear what triggers the accretion…

We investigated the possibility of determining the mechanism of the FU Orionis-type outburst based on molecular line observations of protoplanetary disks with synthetic observations of distinct numerical burst models. The morphology of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-28 Jinshi Sai , Eduard I. Vorobyov , Alexandr Skliarevskii , Michihiro Takami

A sub-class among Young Stellar Objects (YSOs), known as FU Ori type stars, undergo sudden rises in luminosity by several orders of magnitude on timescales of a few months to a few years, and decay back to quiescence on timescales of a few…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Gautam Das , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Adolfo S. Carvalho

Context. Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) are observed to undergo powerful accretion events known as FU Orionis outbursts (FUors). Such events of episodic accretion are now considered to be common during low mass star formation, wherein the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 Kundan Kadam , Eduard Vorobyov , Peter Woitke , Manuel Güdel

Accretion-driven luminosity outbursts are a vivid manifestation of variable mass accretion onto protostars. They are known as the so-called FU Orionis phenomenon in the context of low-mass protostars. More recently, this process has been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 D. M. -A. Meyer , E. I. Vorobyov , R. Kuiper , W. Kley

The earliest phases of star formation are characterised by intense mass accretion from the circumstellar disk to the central star. One group of young stellar objects, the FU Orionis-type stars exhibit accretion rate peaks accompanied by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-25 O. Fehér , Á. Kóspál , P. Ábrahám , M. R. Hogerheijde , Ch. Brinch , D. Semenov

We perform 3D hydrodynamics simulations of disc-disc stellar flybys with on-the-fly Monte Carlo radiative transfer. We show that pre-existing circumstellar discs around both stars result in fast rising ($\sim$yrs) outbursts lasting 2-5…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Elisabeth M. A. Borchert , Daniel J. Price , Christophe Pinte , Nicolás Cuello

While accreting through a circumstellar disk, young stellar objects are observed to undergo sudden and powerful accretion events known as FUor or EXor outbursts. Although such episodic accretion is considered to be an integral part of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-03 Kundan Kadam , Eduard Vorobyov , Zsolt Regály , Ágnes Kóspál , Péter Ábrahám

FU Ori-type stars are young stellar objects (YSOs) experiencing luminosity outbursts by a few orders of magnitude, which last for $\sim$$10^2$ years. A dozen of FUors are known up to date, but many more currently quiescent YSOs could have…

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