- FU Orionis
In
stellar evolution , FU Orionis objects (or FUors) arepre-main sequence star s which display an extreme change in magnitude and spectral type. One example is the star V1057 Cyg, which became 6 magnitudes brighter and went fromspectral type dKe toF supergiant .The current model associates the FU Orionis flare with abrupt mass transfer from an
accretion disc onto a young, low massT Tauri star . Mass accretion rates for these objects are estimated to be:The rise time of these eruptions is typically ~ 1 year, but can be much longer. The lifetime of this high accretion, high luminosity phase is on the order of decades. However, even with such a relatively short timespan, an FU Orionis object has yet to be observed shutting off. By comparing the number of Fuor outbursts to the rate of star formation in the solar neighborhood, it is estimated that the average young star undergoes approximately 10-20 Fuor eruptions over its lifetime.
The prototypes of this class are: [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?protocol=html&Ident=FU+Ori&NbIdent=1&Radius=10&Radius.unit=arcmin&CooFrame=FK5&CooEpoch=2000&CooEqui=2000&output.max=all&o.catall=on&output.mesdisp=N&Bibyear1=1983&Bibyear2=2005&Frame1=FK5&Frame2=FK4&Frame3=G&Equi1=2000.0&Equi2=1950.0&Equi3=2000.0&Epoch1=2000.0&Epoch2=1950.0&Epoch3=2000.0 FU Ori] , [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?protocol=html&Ident=V1057+cyg&NbIdent=1&Radius=10&Radius.unit=arcmin&CooFrame=FK5&CooEpoch=2000&CooEqui=2000&output.max=all&o.catall=on&output.mesdisp=N&Bibyear1=1983&Bibyear2=2005&Frame1=FK5&Frame2=FK4&Frame3=G&Equi1=2000.0&Equi2=1950.0&Equi3=2000.0&Epoch1=2000.0&Epoch2=1950.0&Epoch3=2000.0 V1057 Cyg] and [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?protocol=html&Ident=V1515+Cyg&NbIdent=1&Radius=10&Radius.unit=arcmin&CooFrame=FK5&CooEpoch=2000&CooEqui=2000&output.max=all&o.catall=on&output.mesdisp=N&Bibyear1=1983&Bibyear2=2005&Frame1=FK5&Frame2=FK4&Frame3=G&Equi1=2000.0&Equi2=1950.0&Equi3=2000.0&Epoch1=2000.0&Epoch2=1950.0&Epoch3=2000.0 V1515 Cyg] ; being the more recent addition the embedded
protostar [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?protocol=html&Ident=V1647+Ori&NbIdent=1&Radius=10&Radius.unit=arcmin&CooFrame=FK5&CooEpoch=2000&CooEqui=2000&output.max=all&o.catall=on&output.mesdisp=N&Bibyear1=1983&Bibyear2=2005&Frame1=FK5&Frame2=FK4&Frame3=G&Equi1=2000.0&Equi2=1950.0&Equi3=2000.0&Epoch1=2000.0&Epoch2=1950.0&Epoch3=2000.0 V1647 Ori] , which erupted in 2004 January.External links
* http://www.aavso.org/vstar/vsots/0202.shtml
References
*Juhan Frank, Andrew King, Derek Raine (2002). Accretion power in astrophysics, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62957-8.
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