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| author | Lee, Rachel R. Battersby, Cara Kuznetsova, Aleksandra Johnstone, Doug Fischer, William J. Beuther, Henrik Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Sewilo, Marta |
| author_facet | Lee, Rachel R. Battersby, Cara Kuznetsova, Aleksandra Johnstone, Doug Fischer, William J. Beuther, Henrik Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Sewilo, Marta |
| contents | Evidence suggests that protostellar outbursts likely play a critical role in the stellar mass assembly process, but the extent of this contribution is not well understood. Using the proposed observing program of PRIMA, a concept far-IR observatory (PRIMA GO Case #43 in Moullet et al. 2023), we examine the probe's ability to unambiguously determine whether or not variable accretion events dominate the stellar mass assembly process ($M_{\rm burst}\geq0.5M_{*}$). To do this, we construct multiple protostellar ensembles using Herschel 70$μ$m flux data and evolve them using a toy Monte Carlo simulation through steady-state and high magnitude accretion events. Ensembles are observed at various epochs in the evolution process to conclude how many large amplitude outbursts are observationally recoverable during the proposed program. Based on our synthetic observations and our simulation specifications, we determine that observing a protostellar ensemble of at least 2000 protostars using PRIMA's proposed program is sufficient for determining the importance of protostellar outbursts in the stellar mass assembly process. |
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| spellingShingle | Investigating the Role of Protostellar Variability with PRIMA Using Monte Carlo Simulations Lee, Rachel R. Battersby, Cara Kuznetsova, Aleksandra Johnstone, Doug Fischer, William J. Beuther, Henrik Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Sewilo, Marta Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Evidence suggests that protostellar outbursts likely play a critical role in the stellar mass assembly process, but the extent of this contribution is not well understood. Using the proposed observing program of PRIMA, a concept far-IR observatory (PRIMA GO Case #43 in Moullet et al. 2023), we examine the probe's ability to unambiguously determine whether or not variable accretion events dominate the stellar mass assembly process ($M_{\rm burst}\geq0.5M_{*}$). To do this, we construct multiple protostellar ensembles using Herschel 70$μ$m flux data and evolve them using a toy Monte Carlo simulation through steady-state and high magnitude accretion events. Ensembles are observed at various epochs in the evolution process to conclude how many large amplitude outbursts are observationally recoverable during the proposed program. Based on our synthetic observations and our simulation specifications, we determine that observing a protostellar ensemble of at least 2000 protostars using PRIMA's proposed program is sufficient for determining the importance of protostellar outbursts in the stellar mass assembly process. |
| title | Investigating the Role of Protostellar Variability with PRIMA Using Monte Carlo Simulations |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02024 |