AI 中文总结
该研究综述相互作用间隙瞬变源的相关内容，指出其对恒星演化研究的重要性，并说明未来宽场时域巡天任务将推动该领域发展。
AI 中文摘要
相互作用间隙瞬变源包含多个天体物理现象家族，其中爆发质量损失和相互作用对塑造事件的观测特性与能量起重要作用，由亮红新星（LRNe）、中等光度红瞬变源（ILRTs）、亮蓝变星（LBV）巨爆发及超新星前体组成，为不稳定质量转移、极端恒星质量损失和双星演化提供关键见解。本文中，作者综述了这些异质现象的观测特征、前身星、物理起源及分类挑战，最后强调正在进行和未来的宽场时域巡天任务将通过编制完整的体积受限样本、追踪微弱爆发前体、建立间隙瞬变源家族与其前身星群体间的统计联系，彻底革新该领域。
英文摘要
Interacting gap transients encompass several families of astrophysical phenomena where eruptive mass loss and interaction play an important role in shaping the observational properties and energetics of the events. Composed of Luminous Red Novae (LRNe), Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients (ILRTs), Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) giant eruptions, and pre-supernova precursors, interacting gap transients offer crucial insights into unstable mass transfer, extreme stellar mass loss, and binary evolution. In these proceedings, I review the observational signatures, progenitors, physical origin, and classification challenges of these heterogeneous phenomena. Finally, I highlight how ongoing and future wide-field time-domain missions will revolutionize this field by compiling complete volume-limited samples, tracking faint pre-outburst precursors, and establishing statistical links between gap transient families and their progenitor populations.
CommentsSubmitted for review as Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 405 (Editors: Hanin Kuncarayakti, Tuomas Kangas, Melina Bersten)
