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episodic accretion: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

the delivery of mass onto young stars in short bursts of very high accretion separated by long quiescent periods.

In astrophysics, episodic accretion refers to the delivery of mass onto young stars in short bursts of very high accretion separated by long quiescent periods. This meaning comes from Hartmann (1996) in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics.[1]

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References

  1. Hartmann, L., & Kenyon, S. J. (1996). The Fu Orionis Phenomenon. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 34(1), 207-240. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.astro.34.1.207

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