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博雅健星B:KIC 8462852的同向伴星

Boyajian's Star B: The co-moving stellar companion to KIC 8462852

Logan A. Pearce, Adam L. Kraus, Trent J. Dupuy, Andrew W. Mann, Daniel Huber

摘要:

KIC 8462852,也就是Boyajian的恒星,经历了深度下降,其起源仍然不清楚。Boyajian等人(2016)在Keck/NIRC 2成像中发现了东边的一颗微弱恒星$\approx$ 2 \arcsec,但其双星状态以及对观测到的变化的可能贡献尚不清楚。在这里,我们使用三个时代的凯克/NIRC 2成像,跨越五年,在JHK近红外波段获得1质量的精度天体测量。我们发现,这两个对象表现出共同的自行,测量相对速度为$μ=0.14\pm0.44$ mas yr $^{-1}$($μ=0.30\pm0.93$ km s $^{-1}$),并得出结论,他们是一个二进制对在$880\pm10$ AU投影分离。有可能的轨道运动的边缘检测,但我们的天体测量是不够的轨道的特点。我们发现,另外两个点源是不相关的KIC 8462852。我们建议,在尝试模拟KIC 8462852 A的光变曲线时,应该重新考虑这样一种可能性,即束缚的恒星伴星可能在导致不规则亮度变化方面发挥作用,例如由于双星轨道的长期轨道演化,导致主星周围天体的轨道中断。

英文摘要:

The light curve of KIC 8462852, a.k.a Boyajian's Star, undergoes deep dips the origin of which remains unclear. A faint star $\approx$2\arcsec to the east was discovered in Keck/NIRC2 imaging in Boyajian et al. (2016), but its status as a binary, and possible contribution to the observed variability, was unclear. Here, we use three epochs of Keck/NIRC2 imaging, spanning five years, in JHK near-infrared bands to obtain 1-mas precision astrometry. We show that the two objects exhibit common proper motion, measure a relative velocity of $μ=0.14\pm0.44$ mas yr$^{-1}$ ($μ=0.30\pm0.93$ km s$^{-1}$) and conclude that they are a binary pair at $880\pm10$ AU projected separation. There is marginal detection of possible orbital motion, but our astrometry is insufficient to characterize the orbit. We show that two other point sources are not associated with KIC 8462852. We recommend that attempts to model KIC 8462852 A's light curve should revisit the possibility that the bound stellar companion may play a role in causing the irregular brightness variations, for example through disruption of the orbits of bodies around the primary due to long-term orbital evolution of the binary orbit.

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