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Table 5.

Accretion outbursts observed so far from MYSOs.

Object M* Lpre Lpeak ΔL trise Δt acc Eacc Macc
[M] [103L] [Lpre] [103L] [yr] [yr] [10−3M yr−1] [1045 erg] [MJup]
G323.46-0.08 (G323)* 23 60 5.4 260 1.4 8.4 0.8 90 7
S255IR NIRS3* 20 30 5.5 130 0.4 2.5 5 12 2
G358.93-0.03-MM1* 12 5.0 4.8 19 0.14 0.5 1.8 2.8 0.5
NGC 6334I MM1* 6.7 3 16 44 0.6 >8 2.3 >40 >0.4
V723 Car 10? ∼4 4 ∼15
M17 MIR 5.4 1.4 6.4 7.6 9–20 ∼2

Notes. The asterisk indicates an accompanying Class II methanol maser flare. Since the NGC 6334I MM1 event is ongoing, the given energy and mass represent lower limits.

References. NIRS3 (S255IR NIRS3): Caratti o Garatti et al. (2017), Szymczak et al. (2018), Liu et al. (2020b), G358 (G358.93-0.03-MM1): Stecklum et al. (2021), Brogan et al. (2019), Chen et al. (2020), Burns et al. (2020, 2023), Bayandina et al. (2022), G323 (G323.46-0.08): Proven-Adzri et al. (2019), NGC (NGC 6334I MM1): Hunter et al. (2017), Hunter et al. (2021), Brogan et al. (2018), Bøgelund et al. (2019), V723 Car: Tapia et al. (2013, 2015a,b), M17 MIR: Chen et al. (2021).

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