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TESS揭示的超冷矮星自转图景

A portrait of the rotation of Ultra-Cool Dwarfs revealed by TESS

D. O. Fontinele, P. D. S. de Lima, Y. S. Messias, R. L. Gomes, C. E. Ferreira Lopes, B. L. Canto Martins, I. C. Leão, J. M. de Araújo, E. Janot Pacheco, J. R. De Medeiros

AI总结:

本研究利用TESS光变曲线分析250颗Gaia DR3超冷矮星,识别出71颗具有明确周期性的目标,揭示其自转周期分布与质量、年龄的关系,并发现样本在CMD图中分为两个自转区域。

摘要:

本研究展示了利用TESS光变曲线在250颗Gaia DR3超冷矮星(UCDs)中搜寻自转信号的结果。我们识别出71个具有明确周期性的目标,其中61个呈现自转信号和单一源行为,周期介于0.133至5.81天之间。5颗超冷矮星显示出双谷特征,即具有两个周期的变化,其中一个约为另一个的两倍或一半。其余10颗具有明确变率的超冷矮星则呈现出可能非单一的行为。我们还发现20颗超冷矮星在其光变曲线中表现出复杂行为,具有明显的波动和不规则结构,其中少数显示出其时间结构的明显变化。其余159个目标显示出与低振幅信号相对应的噪声光变曲线,其时间变化难以轻易识别。具有自转信号的超冷矮星在CMD图中的分布表明,在约$11.5<M_{G}<12.5$和$G-G_{RP}<1.5$范围内缺乏自转天体,这将它们分为两个区域:一个主要由质量较小的晚型M星组成,其$P_{rot} \geq 1.0$天;另一个主要由质量较大的早型M星组成,其$P_{rot}<1.0$天。需要强调的是,通过将恒星按年龄区间划分,可以观察到$P_{rot} \geq 1.0$天的超冷矮星倾向于位于较年轻天体的区域,而相比之下,$P_{rot}<1.0$天的超冷矮星主要集中在较年老天体的区域。这些恒星趋势与样本划分的对比究竟是物理性的还是由观测偏差造成的,是一个有待未来研究验证的问题。

英文摘要:

This study presents the results of a search for rotation signature in 250 Gaia DR3 Ultra-Cool Dwarfs (UCDs) with TESS light curves. We identified 71 targets with unambiguous periodicities, of which 61 present rotation signatures and a single source behavior, with periods between 0.133 and 5.81 days. Five UCDs show double-dip features, namely variations with two periods, one approximately double or half the other. The remaining ten UCDs with unambiguous variability present a likely non-single behavior. We also found 20 UCDs showing complex behavior in their light curves, with noticeable fluctuations and irregular structure, with a few exhibiting apparent changes in their temporal structure. The remaining 159 targets show noisy light curves corresponding to low-amplitude signals, whose temporal variation cannot be easily identified. The distribution of the UCDs with rotation signature in the CMD diagram points to a lack of rotating objects within about $11.5<M_{G}<12.5$ and $G-G_{RP}<1.5$ separating them into two regimes, one mainly composed of less massive late-M stars with $P_{rot} \geq 1.0$ d, and another mainly composed of more massive early-M stars with $P_{rot}<1.0$ d. It is important to emphasize that by separating stars into age intervals, one observes that UCDs with $P_{rot} \geq 1.0$ d tend to be located in regions of younger objects, and, in contrast, those with $P_{rot}<1.0$ d are mainly concentrated in regions of older objects. Whether these trends of stars contrasting the sample separation is physical or produced by observational biases is a question to be verified in future studies.

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