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TRENDS高对比度成像调查。I.三颗基准M矮星绕太阳型恒星运行

The TRENDS High-Contrast Imaging Survey. I. Three Benchmark M-dwarfs Orbiting Solar-type Stars

Justin R. Crepp, John Asher Johnson, Andrew W. Howard, Geoff W. Marcy, Debra A. Fischer, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Scott M. Yantek, Colleen R. Delaney, Jason T. Wri… 展开作者

Justin R. Crepp, John Asher Johnson, Andrew W. Howard, Geoff W. Marcy, Debra A. Fischer, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Scott M. Yantek, Colleen R. Delaney, Jason T. Wright, Howard T. Isaacson, Benjamin T. Montet

摘要:

我们提出了一个新的高对比度成像计划,致力于恒星表现出长期的多普勒径向速度加速度(或“趋势”)的初步结果。TRENDS(用多普勒光谱学和成像技术获取标记天体)的目标是直接探测和研究负责加速其宿主恒星的伴星。在本系列的第一篇论文中,我们报告了在凯克使用NIRC 2自适应光学(AO)观测发现的围绕HD 53665、HD 68017和HD 71881运行的低质量伴星。随访成像显示通过共同的适当运动的关联。这些共同运动的伴星有红色,估计光谱类型分别为K7-M0,M5和M3-M4。我们确定了一个坚实的下限,他们的质量从多普勒和天体测量。在不久的将来,将有可能构建三维轨道并计算HD 68017 B和可能的HD 71881 B的动力学质量。我们已经探测到了HD 68017 B的天体测量轨道运动,它的预计距离为13.0 AU。每一个同伴是服从AO辅助直接光谱。此外,每颗伴星都围绕一颗太阳型恒星运行,这使得从主星推断金属丰度和年龄成为可能。此类基准物体对于测试冷矮大气的理论模型至关重要。

英文摘要:

We present initial results from a new high-contrast imaging program dedicated to stars that exhibit long-term Doppler radial velocity accelerations (or "trends"). The goal of the TRENDS (TaRgetting bENchmark-objects with Doppler Spectroscopy and) imaging survey is to directly detect and study the companions responsible for accelerating their host star. In this first paper of the series, we report the discovery of low-mass stellar companions orbiting HD 53665, HD 68017, and HD 71881 using NIRC2 adaptive optics (AO) observations at Keck. Follow-up imaging demonstrates association through common proper-motion. These co-moving companions have red colors with estimated spectral-types of K7--M0, M5, and M3--M4 respectively. We determine a firm lower-limit to their mass from Doppler and astrometric measurements. In the near future, it will be possible to construct three-dimensional orbits and calculate the dynamical mass of HD 68017 B and possibly HD 71881 B. We already detect astrometric orbital motion of HD 68017 B, which has a projected separation of 13.0 AU. Each companion is amenable to AO-assisted direct spectroscopy. Further, each companion orbits a solar-type star, making it possible to infer metallicity and age from the primary. Such benchmark objects are essential for testing theoretical models of cool dwarf atmospheres.

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