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M矮星质量-半径关系的离散性

The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship

S. G. Parsons, B. T. Gänsicke, T. R. Marsh, R. P. Ashley, E. Breedt, M. R. Burleigh, C. M. Copperwheat, V. S. Dhillon, M. J. Green, J. J. Hermes, P. Irawati, P.… 展开作者

S. G. Parsons, B. T. Gänsicke, T. R. Marsh, R. P. Ashley, E. Breedt, M. R. Burleigh, C. M. Copperwheat, V. S. Dhillon, M. J. Green, J. J. Hermes, P. Irawati, P. Kerry, S. P. Littlefair, A. Rebassa-Mansergas, D. I. Sahman, M. R. Schreiber, M. Zorotovic

摘要:

M矮星是在其他恒星周围寻找宜居世界的主要目标。这是由于它们的丰度以及它们的小半径和低质量和温度,这有助于探测它们周围轨道上的温带岩石行星。然而,M矮星的基本性质很难约束,这往往限制了我们对它们所在行星的观测能力。在这里,我们通过测量23个高精度,独立于模型的质量和半径的M矮星与白矮星的双星测试几个理论关系的M矮星。我们发现这些低质量恒星的半径有很大的分散,其中25%的半径与理论模型一致,而其余的则超过12%。这种散射在部分对流和完全对流的M矮星中都可以看到。在过度膨胀和年龄或金属丰度之间没有明显的趋势,但有迹象表明,缓慢旋转的M矮星的半径与预测更一致,尽管与更快速旋转的M矮星相比,测量中的散射量相似。与白矮星的密近双星中的M矮星样本似乎与其他M矮星样本没有区别,这意味着共同的包络演化对它们的结构影响可以忽略不计。我们的结论是,理论和经验的质量-半径关系缺乏测量M矮星的基本参数所需的精度和准确度,足以确定它们所在行星的内部结构和整体组成。

英文摘要:

M dwarfs are prime targets in the hunt for habitable worlds around other stars. This is due to their abundance as well as their small radii and low masses and temperatures, which facilitate the detection of temperate, rocky planets in orbit around them. However, the fundamental properties of M dwarfs are difficult to constrain, often limiting our ability to characterise the planets they host. Here we test several theoretical relationships for M dwarfs by measuring 23 high precision, model-independent masses and radii for M dwarfs in binaries with white dwarfs. We find a large scatter in the radii of these low-mass stars, with 25 per cent having radii consistent with theoretical models while the rest are up to 12 per cent over-inflated. This scatter is seen in both partially- and fully-convective M dwarfs. No clear trend is seen between the over-inflation and age or metallicity, but there are indications that the radii of slowly rotating M dwarfs are more consistent with predictions, albeit with a similar amount of scatter in the measurements compared to more rapidly rotating M dwarfs. The sample of M dwarfs in close binaries with white dwarfs appears indistinguishable from other M dwarf samples, implying that common envelope evolution has a negligible impact on their structure. We conclude that theoretical and empirical mass-radius relationships lack the precision and accuracy required to measure the fundamental parameters of M dwarfs well enough to determine the internal structure and bulk composition of the planets they host.

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