Spectroscopic follow-up of Gaia alerted Young Stellar Object variables: the Large Binocular Telescope view
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| author | Giannini, Teresa Gangi, Manuele de Miera, Fernando Cruz-Saenz Nisini, Brunella Szilagyi, Mate Biazzo, Katia Kospal, Agnes Abraham, Peter Antoniucci, Simone Carini, Roberta Fiorellino, Eleonora Gargiulo, Adriana Marini, Ester Nagy, Zsofia Navarro, Maria Gabriela Vitali, Fabrizio |
| author_facet | Giannini, Teresa Gangi, Manuele de Miera, Fernando Cruz-Saenz Nisini, Brunella Szilagyi, Mate Biazzo, Katia Kospal, Agnes Abraham, Peter Antoniucci, Simone Carini, Roberta Fiorellino, Eleonora Gargiulo, Adriana Marini, Ester Nagy, Zsofia Navarro, Maria Gabriela Vitali, Fabrizio |
| contents | We analyzed optical/near-IR Large Binocular Telescope spectra of 16 sources alerted by Gaia between 2021 and 2024 due to significant photometric variability. Half of the spectra were taken during quiescence and the rest during a burst or at intermediate brightness. Our analysis of their ten-year light curves and photometric/spectroscopic features provide evidence that all 16 sources are accreting Young Stellar Objects (YSOs). One object, Gaia23bab, is a known EXor source. Other light curves either have peaks over a stable baseline, or significant variability throughout the entire observation period, suggesting multiple contributing processes. All spectra exhibit emission lines from accretion columns, and over half of them show atomic forbidden lines as signatures of outflowing gas. We determined stellar parameters, accretion luminosity (Lacc) and mass accretion rate (Macc) at different brightness phases. Only two sources showed variability primarily due to extinction. During quiescence, our sources exhibit Lacc and Macc values typical of T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be (HAEBE) sources, supporting the hypothesis that any YSO may undergo episodic accretion. In bursts, the Lacc and Macc of sources with photometric variations exceeding 2 mag follow a shallower relation with stellar luminosity and mass, typical of known EXor sources. This group includes one Class I, one flat-spectrum, and two Class II sources. Notably, the other Class I source, Gaia24beh, shows an Lacc value about ten times higher than typical EXor bursts of the same mass. In the other cases, Lacc and Macc align with variability seen in T Tauri and HAEBE sources. |
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| spellingShingle | Spectroscopic follow-up of Gaia alerted Young Stellar Object variables: the Large Binocular Telescope view Giannini, Teresa Gangi, Manuele de Miera, Fernando Cruz-Saenz Nisini, Brunella Szilagyi, Mate Biazzo, Katia Kospal, Agnes Abraham, Peter Antoniucci, Simone Carini, Roberta Fiorellino, Eleonora Gargiulo, Adriana Marini, Ester Nagy, Zsofia Navarro, Maria Gabriela Vitali, Fabrizio Solar and Stellar Astrophysics We analyzed optical/near-IR Large Binocular Telescope spectra of 16 sources alerted by Gaia between 2021 and 2024 due to significant photometric variability. Half of the spectra were taken during quiescence and the rest during a burst or at intermediate brightness. Our analysis of their ten-year light curves and photometric/spectroscopic features provide evidence that all 16 sources are accreting Young Stellar Objects (YSOs). One object, Gaia23bab, is a known EXor source. Other light curves either have peaks over a stable baseline, or significant variability throughout the entire observation period, suggesting multiple contributing processes. All spectra exhibit emission lines from accretion columns, and over half of them show atomic forbidden lines as signatures of outflowing gas. We determined stellar parameters, accretion luminosity (Lacc) and mass accretion rate (Macc) at different brightness phases. Only two sources showed variability primarily due to extinction. During quiescence, our sources exhibit Lacc and Macc values typical of T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be (HAEBE) sources, supporting the hypothesis that any YSO may undergo episodic accretion. In bursts, the Lacc and Macc of sources with photometric variations exceeding 2 mag follow a shallower relation with stellar luminosity and mass, typical of known EXor sources. This group includes one Class I, one flat-spectrum, and two Class II sources. Notably, the other Class I source, Gaia24beh, shows an Lacc value about ten times higher than typical EXor bursts of the same mass. In the other cases, Lacc and Macc align with variability seen in T Tauri and HAEBE sources. |
| title | Spectroscopic follow-up of Gaia alerted Young Stellar Object variables: the Large Binocular Telescope view |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10404 |