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毕宿星团的亚恒星多重性

Substellar multiplicity in the Hyades cluster

G. Duchene, J. Bouvier, E. Moraux, H. Bouy, Q. Konopacky, A. M. Ghez

摘要:

本文首次对毕宿疏散星团中的极低质量恒星和褐矮星进行了高角分辨率的多系统巡天。使用Keck II自适应光学系统,我们观察到一个完整的样品的16个对象与估计质量$\lesssim$ 0.1 Msun。我们已经确定了三个接近的双星,预计分离$\lesssim$ 0.11”,或$\lesssim$ 5 AU。在我们的图像中也检测到了一些宽的,大多数是微弱的候选同伴,其中大多数是基于天体测量和/或光度考虑的不相关的背景源。在2-350天文单位范围内的多重性频率为19+13/-6%,以及大于10天文单位的系统的稀有性都与现场非常低质量物体的观测结果一致。在有限的3-50天文单位的距离范围内,毕宿星团中从棕矮星到太阳型恒星的伴星频率基本上是恒定的,这也符合我们目前对场星的认识。将这次巡天发现的双星与昂宿星团中已知的双星相结合,我们发现疏散星团中的低质量双星,以及恒星形成区中的低质量双星,与它们的场双星相比,倾向于更低的质量比($0.6 \lesssim q \lesssim 0.8$),这一结果不能用选择效应来解释。虽然不能完全排除在基于模型的质量估算中对极低质量恒星存在严重系统误差的可能性,但这不太可能解释这种差异。我们推测,这一趋势表明,在非常低质量场的恒星之间的调查可能错过了大量的中间质量比系统,这意味着这些系统比以前认为的更常见,更多样化。

英文摘要:

We present the first high-angular resolution survey for multiple systems among very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in the Hyades open cluster. Using the Keck\,II adaptive optics system, we observed a complete sample of 16 objects with estimated masses $\lesssim$0.1 Msun. We have identified three close binaries with projected separation $\lesssim$0.11", or $\lesssim$5 AU. A number of wide, mostly faint candidate companions are also detected in our images, most of which are revealed as unrelated background sources based on astrometric and/or photometric considerations. The derived multiplicity frequency, 19+13/-6 % over the 2-350 AU range, and the rarity of systems wider than 10 AU are both consistent with observations of field very low-mass objects. In the limited 3-50 AU separation range, the companion frequency is essentially constant from brown dwarfs to solar-type stars in the Hyades cluster, which is also in line with our current knowledge for field stars. Combining the binaries discovered in this surveys with those already known in the Pleiades cluster reveals that very low-mass binaries in open clusters, as well as in star-forming regions, are skewed toward lower mass ratios ($0.6 \lesssim q \lesssim 0.8$) than are their field counterparts, a result that cannot be accounted for by selection effects. Although the possibility of severe systematic errors in model-based mass estimates for very low-mass stars cannot be completely excluded, it is unlikely to explain this difference. We speculate that this trend indicates that surveys among very low-mass field stars may have missed a substantial population of intermediate mass ratio systems, implying that these systems are more common and more diverse than previously thought.

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