- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/728/48
- Title:
- Multicolor eclipse data for 6 new binaries
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/728/48
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the discovery and characterization of six new M dwarf eclipsing binary systems. The 12 stars in these eclipsing systems have masses spanning 0.38-0.59M_{sun}_ and orbital periods of 0.6-1.7 days, with typical uncertainties of ~0.3% in mass and ~0.5%-2.0% in radius. Combined with six known systems with high-precision measurements, our results reveal an intriguing trend in the low-mass regime. For stars with M=0.35-0.80M_{sun}_, components in short-period binary systems (P<~1 day; 12 stars) have radii which are inflated by up to 10% ({mu}=4.8+/-1.0%) with respect to evolutionary models for low-mass main-sequence stars, whereas components in longer-period systems (>1.5 days; 12 stars) tend to have smaller radii ({mu}=1.7+/-0.7%).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/139
- Title:
- Multiple M dwarf stars with Robo-AO and Gaia DR2
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze observations from Autonomous laser-adaptive-optics for few-meter-class telescopes (Robo-AO)'s field M dwarf survey taken on the 2.1m Kitt Peak telescope and perform a multiplicity comparison with Gaia DR2. Through its laser-guided, automated system, the Robo-AO instrument has yielded the largest adaptive optics M dwarf multiplicity survey to date. After developing an interface to visually identify and locate stellar companions, we selected 11 low-significance Robo-AO detections for follow-up on the Keck II telescope using NIRC2. In the Robo-AO survey we find 553 candidate companions within 4" around 534 stars out of 5566 unique targets, most of which are new discoveries. Using a position cross-match with DR2 on all targets, we assess the binary recoverability of Gaia DR2 and compare the properties of multiples resolved by both Robo-AO and Gaia. The catalog of nearby M dwarf systems and their basic properties presented here can assist other surveys which observe these stars, such as the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/843/31
- Title:
- MUSCLES Treasury Survey. IV. M dwarf UV fluxes
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/843/31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Characterizing the UV spectral energy distribution (SED) of an exoplanet host star is critically important for assessing its planet's potential habitability, particularly for M dwarfs, as they are prime targets for current and near-term exoplanet characterization efforts and atmospheric models predict that their UV radiation can produce photochemistry on habitable zone planets different from that on Earth. To derive ground-based proxies for UV emission for use when Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations are unavailable, we have assembled a sample of 15 early to mid-M dwarfs observed by HST and compared their nonsimultaneous UV and optical spectra. We find that the equivalent width of the chromospheric Ca II K line at 3933{AA}, when corrected for spectral type, can be used to estimate the stellar surface flux in ultraviolet emission lines, including HI Ly{alpha}. In addition, we address another potential driver of habitability: energetic particle fluxes associated with flares. We present a new technique for estimating soft X-ray and >10MeV proton flux during far-UV emission line flares (Si IV and He II) by assuming solar-like energy partitions. We analyze several flares from the M4 dwarf GJ 876 observed with HST and Chandra as part of the MUSCLES Treasury Survey and find that habitable zone planets orbiting GJ 876 are impacted by large Carrington-like flares with peak soft X-ray fluxes >=10^-3^W/m^2^ and possible proton fluxes ~10^2^-10^3^pfu, approximately four orders of magnitude more frequently than modern-day Earth.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/457/2192
- Title:
- NCJM catalog of M dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/457/2192
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We develop a method to identify the spectroscopic signature of unresolved L-dwarf ultracool companions, which compares the spectra of candidates and their associated control stars using spectral ratio differences and residual spectra. We present SpeX prism-mode spectra (0.7-2.5 micron) for a pilot sample of one hundred and eleven mid M dwarfs, including twenty-eight which were previously identified as candidates for unresolved ultracool companionship (a sub-sample from Cook et al. 2016; paper 1) and eighty-three single M dwarfs which were optically colour-similar to these candidates (which we use as `control stars'). We identify four candidates with evidence for near-infrared excess. One of these (WISE J100202.50+074136.3) shows strong evidence for an unresolved L dwarf companion in both its spectral ratio difference and its residual spectra, two most likely have a different source for the near-infrared excess, and the other may be due to spectral noise. We also establish expectations for a null result (i.e. by searching for companionship signatures around the M dwarf control stars), as well as determining the expected outcome for ubiquitous companionship (as a means of comparison with our actual results), using artificially generated unresolved M+L dwarf spectra. The results of these analyses are compared to those for the candidate sample, and reasonable consistency is found. With a full follow-up program of our candidates sample from paper 1, we might expect to confirm up to 40 such companions in the future, adding extensively to the known desert population of M3-M5 dwarfs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/791/54
- Title:
- Nearby M Dwarfs parameters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/791/54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Comparisons between the planet populations around solar-type stars and those orbiting M dwarfs shed light on the possible dependence of planet formation and evolution on stellar mass. However, such analyses must control for other factors, i.e., metallicity, a stellar parameter that strongly influences the occurrence of gas giant planets. We obtained infrared spectra of 121 M dwarfs stars monitored by the California Planet Search and determined metallicities with an accuracy of 0.08 dex. The mean and standard deviation of the sample are -0.05 and 0.20 dex, respectively. We parameterized the metallicity dependence of the occurrence of giant planets on orbits with a period less than two years around solar-type stars and applied this to our M dwarf sample to estimate the expected number of giant planets. The number of detected planets (3) is lower than the predicted number (6.4), but the difference is not very significant (12% probability of finding as many or fewer planets). The three M dwarf planet hosts are not especially metal rich and the most likely value of the power-law index relating planet occurrence to metallicity is 1.06 dex per dex for M dwarfs compared to 1.80 for solar-type stars; this difference, however, is comparable to uncertainties. Giant planet occurrence around both types of stars allows, but does not necessarily require, a mass dependence of ~1 dex per dex. The actual planet-mass-metallicity relation may be complex, and elucidating it will require larger surveys like those to be conducted by ground-based infrared spectrographs and the Gaia space astrometry mission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/16.G7
- Title:
- Nearby M subdwarfs from LAMOST DR2
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/16.G
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We identify 108 M subdwarfs (sdMs) out of more than two hundred thousand M type spectra from the second data release (DR2) of the LAMOST regular survey. This sample, among which 58 members are identified for the first time, includes 33 extreme subdwarfs (esdMs) and 11 ultra subdwarfs (usdMs). The selection is based on the usual ratio of absorption depth of CaH2, CaH3 and TiO5 band systems. We also emphasize the use of the CaH1 band. We provide estimates of spectral subtype (SPT), Lepine metallicity index zeta, effective temperature and [Fe/H]. Both zeta-[Fe/H] and SPT-Teff figures show reasonable consistency; compared to PHOENIX model spectra, average rounded values of [Fe/H] for sdMs, esdMs and usdMs are respectively -0.5, -1 and -1.5. The photometric distances are estimated, indicating that most sources are located within 500pc of the Sun and 350pc of the Galactic disk. Velocities and 3D Galactic motions are also briefly discussed. Among the 108 subdwarfs, seven stars appear to be active with a significant H{alpha} emission line. The source LAMOST J104521.52+482823.3 is a white dwarf - M subdwarf binary, while LAMOST J123045.52+410943.8, also active, exhibits carbon features in red.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/99
- Title:
- Near-IR spectroscopy of 36 late M dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/99
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present observations of 36 late M dwarfs obtained with the KeckII/NIRSPEC in the J band at a resolution of ~20000. We have measured projected rotational velocities, absolute radial velocities, and pseudo-equivalent widths of atomic lines. Twelve of our targets did not have previous measurements in the literature. For the other 24 targets, we confirm previously reported measurements. We find that 13 stars from our sample have vsini below our measurement threshold (12km/s) whereas four of our targets are fast rotators (vsini>30km/s). As fast rotation causes spectral features to be washed out, stars with low projected rotational velocities are sought for radial velocity surveys. At our intermediate spectral resolution, we have confirmed the identification of neutral atomic lines reported in McLean et al. We also calculated pseudo-equivalent widths of 12 atomic lines. Our results confirm that the pseudo-equivalent width of KI lines is strongly dependent on spectral types. We observe that the pseudo-equivalent width of FeI and MnI lines remains fairly constant with later spectral type. We suggest that these lines are particularly suitable for deriving metallicities for late M dwarfs.
- 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/383/831
- Title:
- New DENIS nearby L and late-M dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/383/831
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on new nearby L and late-M dwarfs (d_phot_<=30pc) discovered in our search for nearby ultracool dwarfs (I-J>=3.0, later than M8.0) in the Galactic plane (|b|<15{deg}) over 4800 deg^2^ in the Deep Near Infrared Survey of t he Southern Sky (DENIS) data base. We used late-M (>=M8.0), L and T dwarfs with accurate trigonometric parallaxes to calibrate the M_J_ versus I-J colour-luminosity relation. The resulting photometric distances have standard errors of ~15 per cent, which we used to select candidates dphot <=30pc. We measured proper motions from multi-epoch images found in the public archives ALADIN, DSS, 2MASS and DENIS, with at least three distinct epochs and time baselines of 10-21yr. We then used the Maximum Reduced Proper Motion method to select 28 candidates as ultracool dwarfs (M8.0-L8.0) and to reject one as a distant red star. Our low-resolution optical spectra confirmed that 26 were indeed ultracool dwarfs, with spectral types from M8.0 to L5.5. Two contaminants and one rejected by the maximum reduced proper motion cut-off were all reddened F-K main sequence stars. 20 of these 26 ultracool dwarfs are new nearby ultracool dwarf members, three L dwarfs within 15pc with one L3.5 at only ~10pc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/132/866
- Title:
- New M dwarfs in solar neighborhood
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/132/866
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results from a spectroscopic study of 1063 nearby active M dwarfs, selected by correlating the Two Micron All Sky Survey and ROSAT catalogs. We have derived the spectral types and estimated distances for all of our stars. The spectral types range between K5 and M6. Nearly half of our stars lie within 50pc. We have measured the equivalent width of the H{alpha} emission line. Our targets show an increase in chromospheric activity from early to midspectral types, with a peak in activity around M5. Using the count rate and hardness ratios obtained from the ROSAT catalog, we have derived the X-ray luminosities. Our stars display a "saturation-type" relation between the chromospheric and coronal activity. The relation is such that log(LX/Lbol) remains "saturated" at a value of approximately -3 for varying H{alpha} equivalent width. We have found 568 matches in the USNO-B catalog and have derived the tangential velocities for these stars. There is a slight trend of decreasing chromospheric activity with age, such that the stars with higher vtan have lower H{alpha} equivalent widths. The coronal emission, however, remains saturated at a value of log(LX/Lbol)~-3 for varying tangential velocities, suggesting that the coronal activity remains saturated with age. We do not find any break in the saturation-type relation at the spectral type at which stars become fully convective (~M3.5). Most of the stars in our sample show more coronal emission than the dMe stars in the Hyades and Praesepe and have v_tan_<40km/s, suggesting a young population.
