Pulsed accretion in a variable protostar
The infrared luminosity of a young protostar (about 105 years old) is found to increase by a factor of ten in roughly one week every 25.34 days; this is attributed to pulsed accretion associated with an unseen binary companion.
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Editorial |
| Language: | English |
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2 January 2013
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Nature
Year: 2013, Volume: 493, Issue: 7432, Pages: 378-380 |
| ISSN: | 1476-4687 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nature11746 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11746 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11746 
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| Author Notes: | James Muzerolle, Elise Furlan, Kevin Flaherty, Zoltan Balog & Robert Gutermuth |
| Summary: | The infrared luminosity of a young protostar (about 105 years old) is found to increase by a factor of ten in roughly one week every 25.34 days; this is attributed to pulsed accretion associated with an unseen binary companion. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 17.11.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1476-4687 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nature11746 |