- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/458/3808
- Title:
- DR9-12 SDSS WDMS binaries
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/458/3808
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an updated version of the spectroscopic catalogue of white dwarf-main-sequence (WDMS) binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We identify 938 WDMS binaries within the data releases (DR) 9-12 of SDSS plus 40 objects from DR 1-8 that we missed in our previous works, 646 of which are new. The total number of spectroscopic SDSS WDMS binaries increases to 3294. This is by far the largest and most homogeneous sample of compact binaries currently available. We use a decomposition/fitting routine to derive the stellar parameters of all systems identified here (white dwarf effective temperatures, surface gravities and masses, and secondary star spectral types). The analysis of the corresponding stellar parameter distributions shows that the SDSS WDMS binary population is seriously affected by selection effects. We also measure the Na I {lambda}{lambda} 8183.27, 8194.81 absorption doublet and H {alpha} emission radial velocities (RV) from all SDSS WDMS binary spectra identified in this work. 98 objects are found to display RV variations, 62 of which are new. The RV data are sufficient enough to estimate the orbital periods of three close binaries.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A63
- Title:
- DR Tau VLT/SPHERE and LBTI/LMIRCam maps
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A63
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Protoplanetary disks around young stars often contain substructures like rings, gaps, and spirals that could be caused by interactions between the disk and forming planets. We aim to study the young (1-3Myr) star DR Tau in the near-infrared and characterize its disk, which was previously resolved through sub-millimeter interferometry with ALMA, and to search for possible sub-stellar companions embedded into it. We observed DR Tau with VLT/SPHERE both in polarized light (H broad band) and total intensity (in Y, J, H, and K spectral bands). We also performed L' band observations with LBTI/LMIRCam on the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). We applied differential imaging techniques to analyze the polarized data, using dual beam polarization imaging (DPI), and total intensity data, using both angular and spectral differential imaging (ADI, SDI). We found two previously undetected spirals extending north-east and south of the star, respectively. We further detected an arc-like structure north of the star. Finally a bright, compact and elongated structure was detected at separation of 303+/-10 mas and position angle 21.2+/-3.7 degrees, just at the root of the north-east spiral arm. Since this feature is visible both in polarized light and in total intensity and has a flat spectrum it is likely caused by stellar light scattered by dust. The two spiral arms are at different separation from the star, have very different pitch angles, and are separated by an apparent discontinuity, suggesting they might have a different origin. The very open southern spiral arm might be caused by infalling material from late encounters with cloudlets into the formation environment of the star itself. The compact feature could be caused by interaction with a planet in formation still embedded in its dust envelope and it could be responsible for launching the north-east spiral. We estimate a mass of the putative embedded object of the order of few M Jup .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/150/151
- Title:
- DSSI observations of binaries. VI. Measures in 2014
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/150/151
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of 938 speckle measures of double stars and suspected double stars drawn mainly from the Hipparcos Catalog, as well as 208 observations where no companion was noted. One hundred fourteen pairs have been resolved for the first time. The data were obtained during four observing runs in 2014 using the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument at Lowell Observatory's Discovery Channel Telescope. The measurement precision obtained when comparing to ephemeris positions of binaries with very well-known orbits is generally less than 2mas in separation and 0.5{deg} in position angle. Differential photometry is found to have internal precision of approximately 0.1mag and to be in very good agreement with Hipparcos measures in cases where the comparison is most relevant. We also estimate the detection limit in the cases where no companion was found. Visual orbital elements are derived for six systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/56
- Title:
- DSSI observations of binary & trinary star systems
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/56
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 248 speckle observations of 43 binary and 19 trinary star systems chosen to make progress in two main areas of investigation: the fundamental properties of metal-poor stars and star formation mechanisms. The observations were taken at the Gemini North and South telescopes during the period 2015 July to 2018 April, mainly with the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument but also with a few early results from the new 'Alopeke speckle camera at Gemini North. We find that the astrometry and photometry of these observations as a whole are consistent with previous work at Gemini. We present five new visual orbits for systems important in understanding metal-poor stars, three of which have orbital periods of less than 4 yr, and we indicate the degree to which these and future observations can impact our knowledge of stellar properties and star formation. In particular, we find a decrease in mass at fixed spectral type for metal-poor stars versus their solar-metallicity analogs that is consistent with predictions that are made from current stellar models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PAZh/34/446
- Title:
- Dynamical study of wide pairs of stars from WDS
- Short Name:
- J/PAZh/34/446
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the method of apparent motion parameters, we have studied the relative motion of the components in 561 pairs of wide (rho>2") and relatively nearby (Hipparcos parallaxes >0.01") visual double stars based on data from the WDS catalog. The minimum masses of the double stars have been calculated at given parallaxes. We have identified 358 optical pairs. For 11 stellar pairs, we have found the minimum mass to exceed the estimate corresponding to their spectral types and luminosities. This excess is 5-7M_{sun}_ for two stars, ADS7446 and 9701.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/82/231
- Title:
- Dynamic stability of selected multiple stars
- Short Name:
- J/AZh/82/231
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The abundances of chemical elements in the atmospheres of seven classical barium stars are derived.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/627/A97
- Title:
- Early disc dispersal in close binaries
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/627/A97
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Young (<600Myr) low-mass stars (M<~1M_{sun}_) of equal mass exhibit a distribution of rotation periods. At the very early phases of stellar evolution, this distribution is set by the star-disc locking mechanism, which forces stars to rotate at the same rate as the inner edge of the disc. The primordial disc lifetime and consequently the duration of the disc-locking mechanism, can be significantly shortened by the presence of a close companion, making the rotation period distribution of close binaries different from that of either single stars or wide binaries. We use new data to investigate and better constrain the range of ages, the components separation, and the mass ratio dependence at which the rotation period distribution has been significantly affected by the disc dispersal that is enhanced by close companions. We select a sample of close binaries in the Upper Scorpius association (age~8Myr) whose components have measured the separation and the rotation periods and compare their period distribution with that of coeval stars that are single stars. We find that components of close binaries have, on average, rotation periods that are shorter than those of single stars. More precisely, binaries with approximately equal-mass components (0.9<=M2/M1<=1.0) have rotation periods that are shorter than those of single stars by ~0.4d on average; the primary and secondary components of binaries with smaller mass ratios (0.8<M2/M1<0.9) have rotation periods that are shorter than those of single stars by ~1.9d and ~1.0d on average, respectively. A comparison with the older 25-Myr {beta} Pictoris association shows that whereas in the latter, all close binaries with projected separation {rho}<=80AU rotate faster than single stars, in the Upper Scorpius this is only the case for about 70% of stars. We interpret the enhanced rotation in close binaries with respect to single stars as the consequence of an early disc dispersal induced by the presence of close companions. The enhanced rotation suggests that disc dispersal timescales are longest for single stars and shorter for close binaries.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/401/257
- Title:
- Early-type binaries on main sequence
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/401/257
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We showed in a preceding paper based on an analysis of the observed rates of apsidal motion that synchronization in early-type eclipsing binaries continues on the main sequence, and the observed synchronization times, t_syn_, agree with the Zahn's theory (1977A&A....57..383Z) and are inconsistent with the shorter time-scale proposed by Tassoul (1987ApJ...322..856T, 1988ApJ...324L..71T). It follows from this that circularization in early-type binaries must also proceed in accordance with the Zahn's theory because the circularization times, t_circ_, in both theories are rather tightly related to tsyn via relation t_circ_~{alpha}t_syn_, where {alpha} is the orbital-to-axial momentum ratio.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/414/1278
- Title:
- Eccentricities of transiting planets
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/414/1278
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The two dominant features in the distribution of orbital parameters for close-in exoplanets are the prevalence of circular orbits for very short periods, and the observation that planets on closer orbits tend to be heavier. The first feature is interpreted as a signature of tidal evolution, while the origin of the second, a 'mass-period relation' for hot Jupiters, is not understood. In this paper we reconsider the ensemble properties of transiting exoplanets with well-measured parameters, focusing on orbital eccentricity and the mass-period relation. We recalculate the constraints on eccentricity in a homogeneous way, using new radial velocity data, with particular attention to statistical biases. We find that planets on circular orbits gather in a well-defined region of the mass-period plane, close to the minimum period for any given mass. Exceptions to this pattern reported in the literature can be attributed to statistical biases. The ensemble data is compatible with classical tide theory with orbital circularization caused by tides raised on the planet, and suggest that tidal circularization and the stopping mechanisms for close-in planets are closely related to each other. The position mass-period relation is compatible with a relation between a planet's Hill radius and its present orbit.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/456/2070
- Title:
- Eccentricity distribution of wide binaries
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/456/2070
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A sample of 477 solar-type binaries within 67pc with projected separations larger than 50AU is studied by a new statistical method. Speed and direction of the relative motion are determined from the short observed arcs or known orbits, and their joint distribution is compared to the numerical simulations. By inverting the observed distribution with the help of simulations, we find that average eccentricity of wide binaries is 0.59+/-0.02 and the eccentricity distribution can be modelled as f(e)~1.2e+0.4. However, wide binaries containing inner subsystems, i.e. triple or higher order multiples, have significantly smaller eccentricities with the average e=0.52+/-0.05 and the peak at e~0.5. We find that the catalogue of visual orbits is strongly biased against large eccentricities. A marginal evidence of eccentricity increasing with separation (or period) is found for this sample. Comparison with spectroscopic binaries proves the reality of the controversial period-eccentricity relation. The average eccentricity does increase with binary period, being 0.39 for periods from 10^2^ to 10^3^d and 0.59 for the binaries studied here (10^5^-10^6^d).
