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亚星基准双星HD 130948 BC的动力学质量

Dynamical Mass of the Substellar Benchmark Binary HD 130948BC

Trent J. Dupuy, Michael C. Liu, Michael J. Ireland

摘要:

(节略)我们提出了Keck,HST和Gemini-North对L4+L4双星HD 130948 BC的观测结果,它们共同跨越了该双星轨道周期的70%。我们确定总动力学质量为0.109+/-0.002 Msun(114+/-2 Mjup)。通量比接近于1,因此对于任何可能的质量比来说,这两个分量都无疑是亚恒星。G2 V主HD 130948 A提供了对系统使用年限的独立限制。现有的指标表明,它的年龄与毕宿星团相当,根据陀螺年代学,最精确的年龄是0.79 Gyr。因此,HD 130948 BC现在是L和T矮星中唯一的基准,具有明确的质量,光度和年龄。我们发现,亚恒星的理论模型与我们的观察不一致。HD 130948 BC的两个组成部分似乎都比进化模型高出约2- 3倍。系统的年龄必须比陀螺仪的年龄小得多,以改善光度的不一致。然而,无论采用的年龄,进化和大气模型给出不一致的结果,表明系统误差在至少一类模型,可能两者。HD 130948 BC的质量恰好非常接近锂燃烧的理论质量极限,因此测量B和C之间的差异锂耗尽将提供对理论模型的独特区分测试。演化模型对光度的潜在低估将产生广泛的影响;因此,迫切需要对HD 130948 A进行更精确的年龄估计。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) We present Keck, HST, and Gemini-North observations of the L4+L4 binary HD 130948BC which together span ~70% of the binary's orbital period. We determine a total dynamical mass of 0.109+/-0.002 Msun (114+/-2 Mjup). The flux ratio is near unity, so both components are unambiguously substellar for any plausible mass ratio. An independent constraint on the age of the system is available from the G2V primary HD 130948A. The available indicators suggest an age comparable to the Hyades, with the most precise age being 0.79 Gyr based on gyrochronology. Therefore, HD 130948BC is now a unique benchmark among field L and T dwarfs, with a well-determined mass, luminosity, and age. We find that substellar theoretical models disagree with our observations. Both components of HD 130948BC appear to be overluminous by a factor of ~2-3x compared to evolutionary models. The age of the system would have to be notably younger than the gyro age to ameliorate the luminosity disagreement. However, regardless of the adopted age, evolutionary and atmospheric models give inconsistent results, indicating systematic errors in at least one class of models, possibly both. The masses of HD 130948BC happen to be very near the theoretical mass limit for lithium burning, and thus measuring the differential lithium depletion between B and C will provide a uniquely discriminating test of theoretical models. The potential underestimate of luminosities by evolutionary models would have wide-ranging implications; therefore, a more refined age estimate for HD 130948A is critically needed.

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