Top row: spatial maps of the gas temperature in the inner 600 × 600 au² box before an accretion burst (left panel), during the burst (middle panel), and after the burst (right panel) for the ξ = 5% model. Bottom row: spatial maps of the gas temperature in the ξ = 95% model characterized by steady accretion without bursts. The same evolutionary times as for the ξ = 5% model are shown. The inset plots in the right column present the azimuthally averaged temperature on the same spatial scale as the 2D temperature maps. The scale bar is in log Kelvin.