VMC XXXVI. Young stellar variability in LMC

We found 3062 candidate variable stars from a population of 362425 stars detected. Based on several Spitzer studies, we compiled a sample of high-reliability massive YSOs: a total of 173 massive YSOs have NIR counterparts (down to Ks~18.5mag) in the VMC catalogue, of which 39 display significant (>3{sigma}) variability. They have been classified as eruptive, fader, dipper, short-term variable, and long-period variable YSOs based mostly on the appearance of their Ks-band light curves.

The majority of YSOs are aperiodic; only five YSOs exhibit periodic light curves. The observed amplitudes are comparable or smaller than those for Galactic YSOs (only two Magellanic YSOs exhibit {Delta}Ks>1mag), not what would have been expected from the typically larger mass accretion rates observed in the Magellanic Clouds.