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EPISODE II: Variability in the CO and H₂O rovibrational absorption lines in a periodically variable protostar EC 53

Seokho Lee , Jeong-Eun Lee , Chul-Hwan Kim , Jaeyeong Kim , Young-Jun Kim , Gregory J. Herczeg , Doug Johnstone , Giseon Baek
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Yuri Aikawa Joel D. Green Yao-Lun Yang Logan Francis Klaus M. Pontoppidan Ho-Gyu Lee Takahiro Nagayama Yoichi Itoh Tomohito Ohshima Jun Takahashi Jun Toshikawa Tomoki Saito Motohide Tamura Takayoshi Kusune
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The weakening of CO and H2O absorption lines in protostar EC 53 during bursts is caused by an increase in hot continuum emission.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

JWST observations of the periodically variable protostar EC 53 were taken during both its quiescent and burst phases. The CO fundamental and H2O bending mode absorption lines weaken by a factor of about two in the burst phase. This is best explained by an increase in the hot continuum from the inner disk diluting the lines rather than changes in the gas. A relative veiling method quantifies the continuum excess increase, giving ratios that translate to accretion rate increases of roughly 3.6 and 2.0 at different disk radii. This pattern matches expectations for episodic accretion where gas accumulates in the inner disk during quiet times and flows more rapidly onto the star during bursts.

Core claim

The central claim is that the observed weakening of the CO fundamental and H2O bending-mode absorption features by a factor of ~2 during the burst phase of EC 53 results from changes in the hot continuum level. LTE modeling shows temperatures consistent with different radii for overtone and fundamental. The relative veiling formalism measures burst-to-quiescent hot-continuum ratios of 2.9±0.2 and 1.71±0.11, which via viscous disk prescription imply accretion rate ratios of ~3.6 and ~2.0. This indicates that inner disk regions at different radii respond differently, supporting episodic mass buildup in quiescence and efficient transport in burst.

What carries the argument

Relative veiling, which compares the burst and quiescent spectra to measure the change in hot continuum excess while treating the quiescent spectrum as an internal reference.

Load-bearing premise

The column density, temperature, and velocity structure of the absorbing gas do not change substantially between the quiescent and burst epochs.

What would settle it

Spectra showing that the absorption line strengths cannot be reproduced by scaling only the continuum level while keeping the gas parameters fixed would falsify the explanation.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.06628 by Chul-Hwan Kim, Doug Johnstone, Giseon Baek, Gregory J. Herczeg, Ho-Gyu Lee, Jaeyeong Kim, Jeong-Eun Lee, Joel D. Green, Jun Takahashi, Jun Toshikawa, Klaus M. Pontoppidan, Logan Francis, Motohide Tamura, Seokho Lee, Takahiro Nagayama, Takayoshi Kusune, Tomohito Ohshima, Tomoki Saito, Yao-Lun Yang, Yoichi Itoh, Young-Jun Kim, Yuri Aikawa.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Light curve of EC 53 in Ks band. The gray points indicate the Ks band light curve reconstructed from the phase diagram in Lee et al. (2020b). The diamond, circle, and triangle symbols represent magnitudes observed with the Nayuta, Kagoshima, and IRSF telescopes, respectively. The vertical solid, dotted, and dashed lines mark the timing of JWST observation during the quiescent phase (2023-10-05), IGRINS obs… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: JWST spectra in the burst (red) and quiescent (blue) phases. Among the various spectral features, the CO and H2O absorption lines are analyzed in this work. The silicate features, emission lines, and ice absorption features are discussed in three separate papers (Papers I, III, and IV). A detector gap at ∼2.36-2.47 µm limits the wavelength coverage in both the CO overtone and H2O stretching mode regions. 3… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Zoom-in views of the CO and H2O rovibrational absorption bands toward EC 53, extracted from the full JWST spectra shown in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: CO overtone absorption features toward EC 53 during the quiescent (blue) and burst (red) phases observed with JWST/NIRSpec. The black curve above the spectra shows the difference between the burst and quiescent spectra. The gray filled spectrum represents the IGRINS burst-phase spectrum convolved to the NIRSpec spectral resolution for comparison. The dotted vertical lines mark the wavelengths of the CO ove… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: H2O stretching mode absorption features during the quiescent (blue) and burst (red) phases observed with JWST/NIRSpec. The synthesized spectrum for the quiescent phase is shown below the observations and is generated us￾ing only the H2O component. The model parameters used for the synthesis are listed in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Absorption features in the CO fundamental band during the quiescent (blue) and burst (red) phases observed with JWST/NIRSpec. The synthesized spectrum of the quiescent phase is shown below the observations, where the individual contributions from 12CO (pink), 13CO (orange), and H2O (pastel blue) are overplotted. The model parameters used for the synthesis are summarized in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fi… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Same as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Absorption features in the observed IGRINS spectrum (filled gray) and the synthesized model (color) with offset: hot 12CO (pink), hot H2O (blue), cold 12CO (orange). The combined contribution of hot 12CO and H2O is over-plotted with the black spectrum on the observed spectrum. The model parameters are listed in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Optical-depth profiles of CO overtone absorption observed with IGRINS. Left: broad component traced by in￾dividual v = 2–0 transitions from R(10) to R(30), shown in light gray. The R(15) transition, which exhibits the narrow￾est profile, is highlighted in red, with a Gaussian fit overplot￾ted (black), yielding FW HMobs = 26.1 ± 0.4 km s−1 . Right: narrow component measured from the R(1) transition, with a … view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Schematic illustration of the CO absorption-line geometry during the quiescent (top) and burst (bottom) phases for the CO overtone (left) and CO fundamental (right) transitions. The dashed arrows indicate the line of sight from the hot midplane continuum source, through the CO absorbing gas, to the observer. In each panel, the pink vertical bar marks the boundary between the hot and warm midplane continuu… view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Residual spectrum from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_11.png] view at source ↗
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: (a) Normalized CO fundamental band absorption spectra during the burst (red) and quiescent (blue) phases. The burst phase spectrum has been adjusted using a relative veiling factor of V = 0.906, derived as described in Section 5.2. The black spectrum shown above the data represents the difference between the quiescent spectrum and the adjusted burst spectrum, offset vertically for clarity. (b) Same as pan… view at source ↗
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: Comparison of observed and model hot midplane continuum emission ratios between burst (B) and quiescent (Q) phases. Black bars with 1σ error bars show the F hot λ (B)/F hot λ (Q) measured from the CO overtone, H2O stretching mode, CO fundamental, and H2O bending mode absorption lines (see Section 5.3). Colored curves show viscous-disk model predictions integrated over regions where the midplane temperatur… view at source ↗
Figure 14
Figure 14. Figure 14: Schematic diagram of mass accretion rates in EC 53. The burst-to-quiescent mass-accretion-rate ratios are 3.3 based on SED modeling (Baek et al. 2020) and CO over￾tone bands, and 2.0 based on CO fundamental lines. Assum￾ing the total mass transport per cycle is conserved across all radii, the mass accretion rate through the outer disk must be higher than that of the inner disk during the quiescent phase, … view at source ↗
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We present two-epoch JWST NIRSpec and MIRI observations of the young protostar EC 53 (V371 Ser), a periodically variable source with well-characterized quiescent and burst phases. The spectra in both epochs show absorption in the CO overtone ($\sim$2.3 $\mu$m) and fundamental ($\sim$4.6 $\mu$m) bands and the H$_2$O stretching ($\sim$2.7 $\mu$m) and bending ($\sim$6.0 $\mu$m) modes. We also obtained high-resolution ($R\approx45{,}000$) IGRINS spectra during the burst to constrain the CO overtone line profiles. LTE slab modeling yields gas temperatures of $\sim$1800 K (CO overtone) and $\sim$1200 K (CO fundamental), consistent with the overtone tracing hotter gas at smaller radii. The H$_2$O stretching-mode absorption shows no compelling evidence for variability, and the current JWST CO overtone data do not provide a robust constraint on overtone variability. In contrast, the CO fundamental and H$_2$O bending-mode features weaken by a factor of $\sim$2 during the burst, which is most naturally explained by continuum changes rather than large variations in absorbing gas. To quantify continuum dilution, we introduce a ``relative veiling'' that treats the quiescent spectrum as an internal reference and measures the change in the continuum excess between the two epochs. This formalism yields burst-to-quiescent hot-continuum ratios of $2.9\pm0.2$ for the CO overtone and $1.71\pm0.11$ for the CO fundamental. Using a viscous-disk prescription, these imply representative accretion-rate ratios of $\sim$3.6 and $\sim$2.0, respectively. The differing ratios suggest that inner-disk regions traced at different temperatures, and thus radii, respond differently across the burst cycle, consistent with episodic mass buildup in the inner disk during quiescence followed by more efficient transport through the innermost disk onto the protostar during the burst.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper presents two-epoch JWST NIRSpec/MIRI spectra of the periodically variable protostar EC 53, showing CO overtone (~2.3 μm), fundamental (~4.6 μm), and H₂O stretching (~2.7 μm) and bending (~6.0 μm) absorption. LTE slab models yield T ≈ 1800 K (overtone) and T ≈ 1200 K (fundamental). The CO fundamental and H₂O bending features weaken by a factor of ~2 in the burst epoch; this is attributed to continuum dilution (not changes in the absorbing gas) via a new 'relative veiling' metric that uses the quiescent spectrum as reference. This yields burst-to-quiescent hot-continuum ratios of 2.9 ± 0.2 (overtone) and 1.71 ± 0.11 (fundamental), implying accretion-rate ratios ~3.6 and ~2.0 under a viscous-disk prescription. The differing ratios are interpreted as evidence for radius-dependent responses in the inner disk during episodic accretion.

Significance. If the interpretation holds, the result supplies direct multi-epoch spectroscopic evidence that continuum excess variations can dominate observed changes in molecular absorption depths during protostellar bursts, with implications for how inner-disk accretion responds differentially at different radii. The two-epoch JWST coverage, LTE temperature constraints, and internal-reference veiling approach are concrete strengths that allow quantitative comparison to viscous-disk models.

major comments (1)
  1. [analysis of CO fundamental and H₂O bending variability] The central attribution of the factor-of-~2 weakening in the CO fundamental and H₂O bending features to continuum dilution alone (abstract and associated analysis) requires that column density, temperature, and velocity structure of the absorbing gas are unchanged between epochs. High-resolution IGRINS spectra (R ≈ 45 000) exist only for the burst-phase CO overtone; the variable CO fundamental (~4.6 μm) and H₂O bending (~6.0 μm) lines are observed solely at lower JWST resolution, so any epoch-to-epoch change in line profile or width remains untested and directly undermines the assumption that the observed weakening is due entirely to continuum changes.
minor comments (2)
  1. The relative-veiling formalism is defined from the two observed spectra but would benefit from an explicit equation or step-by-step derivation in the methods to allow readers to reproduce the quoted ratios (2.9 ± 0.2 and 1.71 ± 0.11) from the spectra.
  2. The statement that the H₂O stretching mode shows 'no compelling evidence for variability' is useful but would be strengthened by a quantitative upper limit on any change in equivalent width or depth between epochs.

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We thank the referee for their constructive review and for identifying a key limitation in our analysis. We address the major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [analysis of CO fundamental and H₂O bending variability] The central attribution of the factor-of-~2 weakening in the CO fundamental and H₂O bending features to continuum dilution alone (abstract and associated analysis) requires that column density, temperature, and velocity structure of the absorbing gas are unchanged between epochs. High-resolution IGRINS spectra (R ≈ 45 000) exist only for the burst-phase CO overtone; the variable CO fundamental (~4.6 μm) and H₂O bending (~6.0 μm) lines are observed solely at lower JWST resolution, so any epoch-to-epoch change in line profile or width remains untested and directly undermines the assumption that the observed weakening is due entirely to continuum changes.

    Authors: We agree that the lack of high-resolution spectra for the CO fundamental and H₂O bending lines across both epochs prevents a direct test of possible changes in velocity structure or line width. IGRINS data exist only for the burst-phase CO overtone. The JWST spectra are nevertheless well fit by the same LTE slab parameters in both epochs, and the weakening is uniform across each feature, which is more consistent with continuum dilution than with changes in the absorbing gas. We will revise the manuscript to state this assumption explicitly, discuss the limitation arising from the available data, and note that future high-resolution observations would strengthen the interpretation. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; measurements and standard model application are independent of target result

full rationale

The paper defines relative veiling directly from the two observed JWST spectra (quiescent as reference) to extract burst-to-quiescent continuum ratios, then applies a standard viscous-disk prescription to those measured ratios to obtain accretion-rate ratios. This chain does not reduce any claimed prediction or first-principles result to its own inputs by construction. The constancy of absorbing gas is an explicit modeling assumption rather than a derived quantity, and no self-citation load-bearing steps, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes smuggled via citation appear in the derivation. The result remains falsifiable against external spectra or models.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

The analysis rests on LTE for line modeling and a viscous-disk prescription for converting continuum ratios to accretion rates; the relative veiling is a newly defined quantity extracted from the data.

free parameters (2)
  • LTE gas temperatures = ~1800 K and ~1200 K
    Fitted from slab models to the CO overtone (~1800 K) and fundamental (~1200 K) bands
  • hot-continuum ratios = 2.9 and 1.71
    Measured via relative veiling between epochs
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Local thermodynamic equilibrium applies to the absorbing gas slabs
    Invoked to derive temperatures from the observed line profiles
  • domain assumption Viscous-disk model relates excess continuum to accretion rate
    Used to translate measured continuum ratios into accretion-rate ratios
invented entities (1)
  • relative veiling no independent evidence
    purpose: Quantify change in continuum excess between epochs using the quiescent spectrum as internal reference
    New formalism introduced to isolate continuum dilution

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