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年轻双星的共轨性

The Coevality of Young Binary Systems

Adam L. Kraus, Lynne A. Hillenbrand

摘要:

多恒星系统通常被认为是共演化形成的,因此它们为大多数恒星演化模型的校准提供了基础。在本文中,我们研究的金牛座御夫座协会的二进制人口,使用HR图中的组件的位置,以量化的频率和程度的共演化在年轻的二进制系统。在识别和排除已知受系统误差影响的系统(由于进一步的多重性或星周物质的遮蔽)之后,我们发现相对双星年龄,|Delta log(tau)|,具有σ ~0.40 dex的总色散。随机配对的金牛座成员是同时代的,只有在sigma~0.58 dex范围内,这表明金牛座双星确实比整个协会更同时代。然而,|Delta log(tau)|表明两个群体,约2/3的样本出现在误差范围内(sigma约0.16 dex),其他约1/3分布在延伸的尾部,|Delta log(tau)|~0.4-0.9 dex。为了解释多峰分布的发现,我们认为差异年龄分布的尾部包括未被识别的分级倍数,散射光中看到的恒星或具有盘污染的恒星;需要额外的后续工作来排除或纠正这些解释。二元系的相对共沸度与系统质量、质量比或分离度没有显著的关系。事实上,任何一对金牛座成员的宽度超过~10'(~0.7 pc)都显示了该协会的完整年龄分布。

英文摘要:

Multiple star systems are commonly assumed to form coevally; they thus provide the anchor for most calibrations of stellar evolutionary models. In this paper we study the binary population of the Taurus-Auriga association, using the component positions in an HR diagram in order to quantify the frequency and degree of coevality in young binary systems. After identifying and rejecting the systems that are known to be affected by systematic errors (due to further multiplicity or obscuration by circumstellar material), we find that the relative binary ages, |Delta log(tau)|, have an overall dispersion of sigma~0.40 dex. Random pairs of Taurus members are coeval only to within sigma~0.58 dex, indicating that Taurus binaries are indeed more coeval than the association as a whole. However, the distribution of |Delta log(tau)| suggests two populations, with ~2/3 of the sample appearing coeval to within the errors (sigma~0.16 dex) and the other ~1/3 distributed in an extended tail reaching |Delta log(tau)|~0.4-0.9 dex. To explain the finding of a multi-peaked distribution, we suggest that the tail of the differential age distribution includes unrecognized hierarchical multiples, stars seen in scattered light, or stars with disk contamination; additional followup is required to rule out or correct for these explanations. The relative coevality of binary systems does not depend significantly on the system mass, mass ratio, or separation. Indeed, any pair of Taurus members wider than ~10' (~0.7 pc) shows the full age spread of the association.

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