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根据开普勒数据探测快速旋转K和M矮星中的双星和多系统

Detection of binary and multiple systems among rapidly rotating K and M dwarf stars from Kepler data

Katalin Oláh, Saul Rappaport, Matthew Joss

摘要:

通过对大约18,000个K星和M星的开普勒光变曲线的研究,我们发现大约500个K星和M星的自转周期小于2天。在这样的恒星中,大约有50颗显示出两个或更多的不相称周期。我们讨论的工具,使我们能够区分旋转调制和其他类型的光变化,例如,由于脉动或二进制调制。我们发现,这些多重周期是相互独立的,可能属于不同的,但物理约束,恒星。这种情况是直接检查UKIRT和自适应光学成像,时间分辨傅立叶变换,和像素级的数据分析。我们的研究结果对于在快速旋转的K-和M-矮星中发现年轻的多恒星系统具有潜在的重要意义。

英文摘要:

From an examination of ~18,000 Kepler light curves of K- and M-stars we find some 500 which exhibit rotational periods of less than 2 days. Among such stars, approximately 50 show two or more incommensurate periodicities. We discuss the tools that allow us to differentiate between rotational modulation and other types of light variations, e.g., due to pulsations or binary modulations. We find that these multiple periodicities are independent of each other and likely belong to different, but physically bound, stars. This scenario was checked directly by UKIRT and adaptive optics imaging, time-resolved Fourier transforms, and pixel-level analysis of the data. Our result is potentially important for discovering young multiple stellar systems among rapidly rotating K- and M-dwarfs.

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