- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/422/1023
- Title:
- Nearby visual double stars UBVRI photometry
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/422/1023
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present accurate CCD astrometric and photometric data for 31 nearby visual double stars in the standard filters BVRI. The observations were collected with a 1.3-m telescope in 2001-2002. The results consist of relative astrometric positions (epoch, angular separation and position angle) and differential BVRI photometry of the components. Mean errors are: 0.01" for the separation; 0.06{deg} for the position angle; and 0.015mag for the photometric data. Comparing the relative positions at different epochs, we evaluate the physical association of the systems. We additionally derive fractional masses and true separations for the most probable binary systems and, whenever orbits are available, also total and component masses.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/25
- Title:
- Near-infrared observations of 84 KOI systems
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We determine probabilities of physical association for stars in blended Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs), and find that 14.5%_-3.4%_^+3.8%^ of companions within ~4'' are consistent with being physically unassociated with their primary. This produces a better understanding of potential false positives in the Kepler catalog and will guide models of planet formation in binary systems. Physical association is determined through two methods of calculating multi-band photometric parallax using visible and near-infrared adaptive optics observations of 84 KOI systems with 104 contaminating companions within ~4''. We find no evidence that KOI companions with separations of less than 1'' are more likely to be physically associated than KOI companions generally. We also reinterpret transit depths for 94 planet candidates, and calculate that 2.6%+/-0.4% of transits have R>15R_{oplus}_, which is consistent with prior modeling work.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/376/982
- Title:
- Near-IR observations of young binaries
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/376/982
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using near-infrared speckle interferometry we have obtained resolved JHK-photometry for the components of 58 young binary systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/144
- Title:
- Near-IR spectroscopy of low-mass binaries and brown dwarfs
- Short Name:
- V/144
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The mass of a star at formation determines its subsequent evolution and demise. Low-mass stars are the most common products of star formation and their long main-sequence lifetimes cause them to accumulate over time. Star formation also produces many substellar-mass objects known as brown dwarfs, which emerge from their natal molecular clouds and continually cool as they age, pervading the Milky Way. Low-mass stars and brown dwarfs exhibit a wide range of physical characteristics and their abundance make them ideal subjects for testing formation and evolution models. I have examined a pair of pre-main sequence spectroscopic binaries and used radial velocity variations to determine orbital solutions and mass ratios. Additionally, I have employed synthetic spectra to estimate their effective temperatures and place them on theoretical Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. From this analysis I discuss the formation and evolution of young binary systems and place bounds on absolute masses and radii. I have also studied the late-type T dwarfs revealed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). This includes the exemplar T8 subdwarf Wolf 1130C, which has the lowest inferred metallicity in the literature and spectroscopic traits consistent with old age. Comparison to synthetic spectra implies that the dispersion in near-infrared colors of late-type T dwarfs is a result of age and/or thin sul de clouds. With the updated census of the L, T, and Y dwarfs we can now study specific brown dwarf subpopulations. Finally, I present a number of future studies that would develop our understanding of the physical qualities of T dwarf color outliers and disentangle the tracers of age and atmospheric properties. The thesis is available at: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~gmace/thesis.html
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/135/2496
- Title:
- Near-IR survey of Class I protostars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/135/2496
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the observational results of a near-infrared survey of a large sample of Class I protostars designed to determine the Class I binary separation distribution from ~100AU to ~5000AU. We have selected targets from a new sample of 267 nearby candidate Class I objects. This sample is well understood, consists of mostly Class I young stellar objects (YSOs) within 1kpc, has targets selected from the whole sky, and is not biased by previous studies of star formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/466/1868
- Title:
- Neptune-like planets low-density overabundance
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/466/1868
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a uniform analysis of the atmospheric escape rate of Neptune-like planets with estimated radius and mass (restricted to M_p_<30M_{Earth}_). For each planet, we compute the restricted Jeans escape parameter, {Lambda}, for a hydrogen atom evaluated at the planetary mass, radius, and equilibrium temperature. Values of {Lambda}<=20 suggest extremely high mass-loss rates. We identify 27 planets (out of 167) that are simultaneously consistent with hydrogen-dominated atmospheres and are expected to exhibit extreme mass-loss rates. We further estimate the mass-loss rates (L_hy_) of these planets with tailored atmospheric hydrodynamic models. We compare L_hy_ to the energy-limited (maximum-possible high-energy driven) mass-loss rates. We confirm that 25 planets (15 per cent of the sample) exhibit extremely high mass-loss rates (L_hy_>0.1M_{Earth}_/Gyr), well in excess of the energy-limited mass-loss rates. This constitutes a contradiction, since the hydrogen envelopes cannot be retained given the high mass-loss rates. We hypothesize that these planets are not truly under such high mass-loss rates. Instead, either hydrodynamic models overestimate the mass-loss rates, transit-timing-variation measurements underestimate the planetary masses, optical transit observations overestimate the planetary radii (due to high-altitude clouds), or Neptunes have consistently higher albedos than Jupiter planets. We conclude that at least one of these established estimations/techniques is consistently producing biased values for Neptune planets. Such an important fraction of exoplanets with misinterpreted parameters can significantly bias our view of populations studies, like the observed mass-radius distribution of exoplanets for example.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/195
- Title:
- New binaries in the {epsilon} Cha association
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/195
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Adaptive Optics-aided speckle observations of 47 young stars in the {epsilon} Cha association made at the 4 m Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in the I-band. We resolved 10 new binary pairs, 5 previously known binaries, and 2 triple systems, also previously known. In the separation range between 4 and 300 au, the 30 association members of spectral types G0 and later host 6 binary companions, leading to the raw companion frequency of 0.010+/-0.04 per decade of separation, comparable to the main sequence dwarfs in the field. On the other hand, all five massive association members of spectral types A and B have companions in this range. We discuss the newly resolved and known binaries in our sample. Observed motions in the triple system {epsilon} Cha, composed of three similar B9V stars, can be described by tentative orbits with periods 13 and ~900 years and a large mutual inclination.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/JDSO/15.434
- Title:
- New Binary Systems from Data of Gaia DR2
- Short Name:
- J/other/JDSO/15.
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The author describes the discovery of 4 new pairs of stars with almost identical proper motions and parallaxes (from Gaia DR2 data).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/134/741
- Title:
- New close binary systems from the SDSS DR5
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/134/741
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the latest catalog of more than 1200 spectroscopically selected close binary systems observed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey through Data Release Five. We use the catalog to search for magnetic white dwarfs in cataclysmic variable progenitor systems. Given that approximately 25% of cataclysmic variables contain a magnetic white dwarf, and that our large sample of close binary systems should contain many progenitors of cataclysmic variables, it is quite surprising that we find only two potential magnetic white dwarfs in this sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/429/859
- Title:
- New companions to nearby low-mass stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/429/859
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present high-angular-resolution optical I-band imaging of 451 late K to mid-M nearby stars. These observations have been performed with Astralux and FastCam using the lucky imaging technique. We found 70 companions with separations between 0.1 and 3.5-arcsec, out of which 28 are new discoveries. We derive a total binary fraction of 20.3^+6.9^_-5.2_ per cent. Follow-up observations have been carried out for 16 of these new binaries and all of them were confirmed as physically associated systems. Parallaxes are available for 70 per cent of the binary sample, providing reliable estimates of physical separations. We have measured separations and position angles as an initial stage for a systematic follow-up aimed to determine orbital parameters.
