Spectroscopic Orbits of Eleven Nearby, Mid-to-Late M Dwarf Binaries
Abstract
We present the spectroscopic orbits of eleven nearby, mid-to-late M dwarf binary systems in a variety of configurations: two single-lined binaries (SB1s), seven double-lined binaries (SB2s), one double-lined triple (ST2), and one triple-lined triple (ST3). Eight of these orbits are the first published for these systems, while five are newly identified multiples. We obtained multi-epoch, high-resolution spectra with the TRES instrument on the 1.5m Tillinghast Reflector at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory located on Mt. Hopkins in AZ. Using the TiO molecular bands at 7065 -- 7165 Angstroms, we calculated radial velocities for these systems, from which we derived their orbits. We find LHS 1817 to have in a 7-hour period a companion that is likely a white dwarf, due to the ellipsoidal modulation we see in our MEarth-North light curve data. We find G 123-45 and LTT 11586 to host companions with minimum masses of 41 M_Jup and 44 M_Jup with orbital periods of 35 and 15 days, respectively. We find 2MA 0930+0227 to have a rapidly rotating stellar companion in a 917-day orbital period. GJ 268, GJ 1029, LP 734-34, GJ 1182, G 258-17, and LTT 7077 are SB2s with stellar companions with orbital periods of 10, 96, 34, 154, 5, and 84 days; LP 655-43 is an ST3 with one companion in an 18-day orbital period and an outer component in a longer undetermined period. In addition, we present radial velocities for both components of L 870-44AB and for the outer components of LTT 11586 and LP 655-43.
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@article{arxiv.2004.11225,
title = {Spectroscopic Orbits of Eleven Nearby, Mid-to-Late M Dwarf Binaries},
author = {Jennifer G. Winters and Jonathan M. Irwin and David Charbonneau and David W. Latham and Amber M. Medina and Jessica Mink and Gilbert A. Esquerdo and Perry Berlind and Michael L. Calkins and Zachory K. Berta-Thompson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.11225},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in AJ. Full table of RVs available upon request before publication. Corrected uncertainty on LHS 1817 mass ratio & T_eff