Gaia21bty: An EXor lightcurve exhibiting an FUor spectrum
Micha{\l} Siwak, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, \'Agnes K\'osp\'al, P\'eter, \'Abrah\'am, Teresa Giannini, Kishalay De, Attila Mo\'or, M\'at\'e, Szil\'agyi, Jan Jan\'ik, Chris Koen, Sunkyung Park, Zs\'ofia Nagy, Fernando, Cruz-S\'aenz de Miera, Eleonora Fiorellino, G\'abor Marton

TL;DR
Gaia21bty, a pre-main sequence star, exhibited an outburst with characteristics of both EXors and FUors, showing complex brightness variations and spectral features indicative of significant accretion activity and dust obscuration.
Contribution
This study presents the first detailed analysis of Gaia21bty's outburst, revealing FUor-like spectra during an EXor-like brightness event, and models the accretion disc properties.
Findings
Outburst amplitude and duration are typical for EXors.
Spectral features are characteristic of FUors.
Accretion disc modeling indicates high luminosity and mass accretion rate.
Abstract
Gaia21bty, a pre-main sequence star that previously had shown aperiodic dips in its light curve, underwent a considerable mag brightening that occurred over a few months between 2020 October - 2021 February. The Gaia lightcurve shows that the star remained near maximum brightness for about months, and then started slowly fading over the next 2 years, with at least three superimposed 1 mag sudden rebrightening events. Whereas the amplitude and duration of the maximum is typical for EXors, optical and near-infrared spectra obtained at the maximum are dominated by features which are typical for FUors. Modelling of the accretion disc at the maximum indicates that the disc bolometric luminosity is 43 L and the mass accretion rate is M yr, which are typical values for FUors even considering the large uncertainty in…
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