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dc.contributor.authorJohnstone, Doug
dc.contributor.authorHerczeg, Gregory J.
dc.contributor.authorMairs, Steve
dc.contributor.authorHatchell, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorChen, Wen-Ping
dc.contributor.authorKang, Miju
dc.contributor.authorKang, Sung-Ju
dc.contributor.authorLee, Jeong-Eun
dc.contributor.authorMorata, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorPon, Andy
dc.contributor.authorScicluna, Peter
dc.contributor.authorScholz, Aleks
dc.contributor.authorTakahashi, Satoko
dc.contributor.authorYoo, Hyunju
dc.contributor.authorThe JCMT Transient Team
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-09T12:30:09Z
dc.date.available2018-03-09T12:30:09Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-08
dc.identifier252504770
dc.identifiere5241ebf-bcab-42e3-989e-97555435160a
dc.identifier85042411750
dc.identifier000424758700006
dc.identifier.citationJohnstone , D , Herczeg , G J , Mairs , S , Hatchell , J , Chen , W-P , Kang , M , Kang , S-J , Lee , J-E , Morata , O , Pon , A , Scicluna , P , Scholz , A , Takahashi , S , Yoo , H & The JCMT Transient Team 2018 , ' The JCMT Transient Survey : stochastic and secular variability of protostars and disks in the submillimeter region observed over 18 months ' , Astrophysical Journal , vol. 854 , no. 1 , 31 . https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa764en
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.otherBibCode: 2018ApJ...854...31J
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/12890
dc.description.abstractWe analyze results from the first 18 months of monthly submillimeter monitoring of eight star-forming regions in the JCMT Transient Survey. In our search for stochastic variability in 1643 bright peaks, only the previously identified source, EC 53, shows behavior well above the expected measurement uncertainty. Another four sources—two disks and two protostars—show moderately enhanced standard deviations in brightness, as expected for stochastic variables. For the two protostars, this apparent variability is the result of single epochs that are much brighter than the mean. In our search for secular brightness variations that are linear in time, we measure the fractional brightness change per year for 150 bright peaks, 50 of which are protostellar. The ensemble distribution of slopes is well fit by a normal distribution with σ ~ 0.023. Most sources are not rapidly brightening or fading at submillimeter wavelengths. Comparison against time-randomized realizations shows that the width of the distribution is dominated by the uncertainty in the individual brightness measurements of the sources. A toy model for secular variability reveals that an underlying Gaussian distribution of linear fractional brightness change σ = 0.005 would be unobservable in the present sample, whereas an underlying distribution with σ = 0.02 is ruled out. Five protostellar sources, 10% of the protostellar sample, are found to have robust secular measures deviating from a constant flux. The sensitivity to secular brightness variations will improve significantly with a sample over a longer time duration, with an improvement by factor of two expected by the conclusion of our 36 month survey.
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dc.format.extent3896911
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAstrophysical Journalen
dc.subjectGalaxies: star formationen
dc.subjectStars: protostarsen
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleThe JCMT Transient Survey : stochastic and secular variability of protostars and disks in the submillimeter region observed over 18 monthsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Scienceen
dc.identifier.doi10.3847/1538-4357/aaa764
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...854...31Jen
dc.identifier.grantnumberST/M001296/1en


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