Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars -- VIII. NIRPS spectroscopy of CD-27 2812
Abstract
There are very few M-dwarfs with accurate independent measurements of their mass, radius and effective temperature (T) that can be used to test stellar models for these low-mass stars. We aim to use high-resolution, near-infrared spectroscopy to measure the mass of M-dwarfs in eclipsing binary systems with solar-type stars and to measure the flux ratio between the two stars at near-infrared wavelengths. This information can then be combined with the analysis of the light curve, photometry, and the parallax to measure the mass, radius and T for both stars. We have used the TESS light curve and spectra observed with the HARPS and NIRPS spectrographs to measure the following model-independent radii and masses for CD-27 2812, an F9 V star in an eclipsing binary with a much fainter M-dwarf companion on a short near-circular orbit (P=7.8 d) : , , , and We show how the NIRPS spectra can be used to measure the flux ratio in the J and H bands. This information, combined with published photometry and the Gaia DR3 parallax, leads to the following effective temperature measurements: K, K. This study demonstrates that it is now feasible to use eclipsing binaries to accurately measure T for M-dwarf stars for which we also have independent mass and radius measurements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.13631,
title = {Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars -- VIII. NIRPS spectroscopy of CD-27 2812},
author = {N. J. Adshead and P. F. L. Maxted and A. Hahlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.13631},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 11 pages, 9 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2406.04204, arXiv:2205.01466