- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/10
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of subsystems in four multiple stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/10
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Seven spectroscopic orbits in nearby solar-type multiple stars are presented. The primary of the chromospherically active star HIP9642 is a 4.8day double-lined pair; the outer 420 year visual orbit is updated, but remains poorly constrained. HIP12780 is a quadruple system consisting of the resolved 6.7year pair FIN 379 Aa,Ab, for which the combined orbit, masses, and orbital parallax are determined here, and the single-lined binary Ba,Bb with a period of 27.8 days. HIP28790 is a young quintuple system composed of two close binaries, Aa,Ab and Ba,Bb, with periods of 221 and 13 days, respectively, and a single distant component C. Its subsystem Ba,Bb is peculiar, having a spectroscopic mass ratio of 0.89 but a magnitude difference of ~2.2mag. HIP64478 also contains five stars: the A-component is a 29year visual pair with a previously known 4 day twin subsystem, while the B-component is a contact binary with a period of 5.8hr, seen nearly pole-on.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/149/195
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of the quadruple system HD 91962
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/149/195
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The young nearby solar-type star HD 91962 is a rare quadruple system where three companions revolve around the main component with periods of 170.3days, 8.85years, and 205years. The two outer orbits are nearly co-planar, and all orbits have small eccentricities. We refine the visual orbit of the outer pair and determine the combined spectro-interferometric orbit of the middle 8.8year pair and the spectroscopic orbit of the inner binary. The middle and inner orbits are likely locked in a 1:19 resonance, and the ratio of the outer and middle periods is ~23. The masses of all components are estimated (inside-out: 1.14, 0.32, 0.64, 0.64 solar mass). The dynamical parallax is 27.4+/-0.6mas. We speculate that this multiple system originated from collapse of an isolated core and that the companions migrated in a dissipative disk. Other multiple systems with similar features (co-planarity, small eccentricity, and period ratio around 20) are known.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/Ap/54.81
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of {theta}1 Ori C system
- Short Name:
- J/other/Ap/54.81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The spectral-double system escaping from multiple system theta1 Ori C is investigated. Radial velocities of both components are measured, for them are constructed and solved curves of radial velocity. Physical parameters of stars and their chemical composition are determined.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/540/A85
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of very low mass objects
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/540/A85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- With a uniform VLT SINFONI data set of nine targets, we have developed an empirical grid of J, H, K spectra of the atmospheres of objects estimated to have very low substellar masses of ~5-20M_Jup_ and young ages ranging from ~1-50Myr. Most of the targets are companions, objects which are especially valuable for comparison with atmosphere and evolutionary models, as they present rare cases in which the age is accurately known from the primary. Based on the youth of the sample, all objects are expected to have low surface gravity, and this study investigates the critical early phases of the evolution of substellar objects. The spectra are compared with grids of five different theoretical atmosphere models. ************************************************************************** * * * Sorry, but the author(s) never supplied the tabular material * * announced in the paper * * * **************************************************************************
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/428/3164
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of WASP planet host stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/428/3164
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have made a detailed spectral analysis of 11 Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) planet host stars using high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) HARPS spectra. Our line list was carefully selected from the spectra of the Sun and Procyon, and we made a critical evaluation of the atomic data. The spectral lines were measured using equivalent widths. The procedures were tested on the Sun and Procyon prior to be being used on the WASP stars. The effective temperature (Teff), surface gravity (logg), microturbulent velocity (v_mic_) and metallicity were determined for all the stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/639/A47
- Title:
- SPHERE and NaCo images of HD 19467B
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/639/A47
- Date:
- 23 Mar 2022 16:31:06
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- HD 19467 observations were performed with the VLT exoplanet imager SPHERE and the VLT adaptive optics camera NaCo to further characterize the spectral and orbital properties of the known T-type brown dwarf companion.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/638/A120
- Title:
- SPHERE maps around Proxima Cen
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/638/A120
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun and it is known to host an Earth-like planet in its habitable zone; very recently a second candidate planet was proposed based on radial velocities. At quadrature, the expected projected separation of this new candidate is larger than 1 arcsec, making it a potentially interesting target for direct imaging. While identification of the optical counterpart of this planet is expected to be very difficult, successful identification would allow for a detailed characterization of the closest planetary system. We searched for a counterpart in SPHERE images acquired over four years through the SHINE survey. In order to account for the expected large orbital motion of the planet, we used a method that assumes the circular orbit obtained from radial velocities and exploits the sequence of observations acquired close to quadrature in the orbit. We checked this with a more general approach that considers Keplerian motion, called K-stacker. We did not obtain a clear detection. The best candidate has S/N=6.1 in the combined image. A statistical test suggests that the probability that this detection is due to random fluctuation of noise is <1%, but this result depends on the assumption that the distribution of noise is uniform over the image, a fact that is likely not true. The position of this candidate and the orientation of its orbital plane fit well with observations in the ALMA 12m array image. However, the astrometric signal expected from the orbit of the candidate we detected is 3-sigma away from the astrometric motion of Proxima as measured from early Gaia data. This, together with the unexpectedly high flux associated with our direct imaging detection, means we cannot confirm that our candidate is indeed Proxima c. On the other hand, if confirmed, this would be the first observation in imaging of a planet discovered from radial velocities and the second planet (after Fomalhaut b) of reflecting circumplanetary material. Further confirmation observations should be done as soon as possible.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/805/77
- Title:
- Spitzer 3.6 and 4.5um monitoring of 5 stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/805/77
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Luminous debris disks of warm dust in the terrestrial planet zones around solar-like stars were recently found to vary, which is indicative of ongoing large-scale collisions of rocky objects. We use Spitzer 3.6 and 4.5um time-series observations in 2012 and 2013 (extended to 2014 in one case) to monitor five more debris disks with unusually high fractional luminosities ("extreme debris disk"), including P1121 in the open cluster M47 (80 Myr), HD15407A in the AB Dor moving group (80Myr), HD 23514 in the Pleiades (120Myr), HD145263 in the Upper Sco Association (10Myr), and the field star BD+20 307 (>~1Gyr). Together with the published results for ID8 in NGC2547 (35Myr), this makes the first systematic time-domain investigation of planetary impacts outside the solar system. Significant variations with timescales shorter than a year are detected in five out of the six extreme debris disks we monitored. However, different systems show diverse sets of characteristics in the time domain, including long-term decay or growth, disk temperature variations, and possible periodicity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/755/9
- Title:
- Spitzer/IRAC light curves of GJ 436 system
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/755/9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the detection of UCF-1.01, a strong exoplanet candidate with a radius 0.66+/-0.04 times that of Earth (R_{oplus}_). This sub-Earth sized planet transits the nearby M-dwarf star GJ 436 with a period of 1.365862+/-8x10^-6^ days. We also report evidence of a 0.65+/-0.06R_{Earth}_ exoplanet candidate (labeled UCF-1.02) orbiting the same star with an undetermined period. Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, we measure the dimming of light as the planets pass in front of their parent star to assess their sizes and orbital parameters. If confirmed today, UCF-1.01 and UCF-1.02 would be designated GJ 436c and GJ 436d, respectively, and would be part of the first multiple-transiting-planet system outside of the Kepler field. Assuming Earth-like densities of 5.515g/cm3, we predict both candidates to have similar masses (~0.28M_{oplus}_, 2.6 Mars-masses) and surface gravities of ~0.65g (where g is the gravity on Earth). UCF-1.01's equilibrium temperature (T_eq_, where emitted and absorbed radiation balance for an equivalent blackbody) is 860K, making the planet unlikely to harbor life as on Earth. Its weak gravitational field and close proximity to its host star imply that UCF-1.01 is unlikely to have retained its original atmosphere; however, a transient atmosphere is possible if recent impacts or tidal heating were to supply volatiles to the surface. We also present additional observations of GJ 436b during secondary eclipse. The 3.6{mu}m light curve shows indications of stellar activity, making a reliable secondary eclipse measurement impossible. A second non-detection at 4.5{mu}m supports our previous work in which we find a methane-deficient and carbon monoxide-rich dayside atmosphere.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/898/21
- Title:
- Spitzer/IRAC obs. of HD113766 & HD172555 systems
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/898/21
- Date:
- 21 Mar 2022 07:07:57
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present multiepoch infrared photometry and spectroscopy obtained with warm Spitzer, Subaru, and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy to assess variability for the young (~20Myr) and dusty debris systems around HD 172555 and HD 113766A. No variations (within 0.5%) were found for the former at either 3.6 or 4.5{mu}m, while significant nonperiodic variations (peak to peak of ~10%-15% relative to the primary star) were detected for the latter. Relative to the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph spectra taken in 2004, multiepoch mid-infrared spectra reveal no change in either the shape of the prominent 10{mu}m solid-state features or the overall flux levels (no more than 20%) for both systems, corroborating the fact that the population of submicron-size grains that produce the pronounced solid-state features is stable over a decadal timescale. We suggest that these submicron-size grains were initially generated in an optically thick clump of debris of millimeter-size vapor condensates resulting from a recent violent impact between large asteroidal or planetary bodies. Because of the shielding from the stellar photons provided by this clump, intense collisions led to an overproduction of fine grains that would otherwise be ejected from the system by radiation pressure. As the clump is sheared by its orbital motion and becomes optically thin, a population of very fine grains could remain in stable orbits until Poynting-Robertson drag slowly spirals them into the star. We further suggest that the 3-5{mu}m disk variation around HD 113766A is consistent with a clump/arc of such fine grains on a modestly eccentric orbit in its terrestrial zone.
