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We present the results of a search for wide binary systems among 783 members of three nearby young associations: Taurus-Auriga, Chamaeleon I, and two subgroups of Upper Scorpius. Near-infrared (JHK) imagery from 2MASS was analyzed to search…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Adam L. Kraus , Lynne A. Hillenbrand

We present the Class I protostellar binary separation distribution based on the data tabulated in the companion paper. We verify the excess of Class I binary stars over solar-type main-sequence stars, especially at separations beyond 500…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael Connelley , Bo Reipurth , Alan Tokunaga

The identification of binary stars of different mass ratios in resolved stellar populations is a challenging task. We show how the photometric diagram constructed with the pseudo-colors (H-W2)-W1 vs W2-(BP-K) can be employed to estimate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 A. Malofeeva , A. Seleznev , G. Carraro

Binary stars are prevalent yet challenging to detect. We present a novel approach using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to identify binary stars from low-resolution spectra obtained by the LAMOST survey. The CNN is trained on a dataset…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-25 Yingjie Jing , Tian-Xiang Mao , Jie Wang , Chao Liu , Xiaodian Chen

We investigate the distribution of neutron star masses in different populations of binaries, employing Bayesian statistical techniques. In particular, we explore the differences in neutron star masses between sources that have experienced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-22 Feryal Ozel , Dimitrios Psaltis , Ramesh Narayan , Antonia Sierra Villarreal

We explore the effects of dynamical evolution in dense clusters on the companion mass ratio distribution (CMRD) of binary stars. Binary systems are destroyed by interactions with other stars in the cluster, lowering the total binary…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Richard J. Parker , Maddalena M. Reggiani

We search for mass segregation in the intermediate-aged open cluster NGC 6819 within a carefully identified sample of probable cluster members. Using photometry from the Gaia, 2MASS, and Pan-STARRS surveys as inputs for a Bayesian…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-05 Claire Zwicker , Aaron M. Geller , Anna C. Childs , Erin Motherway , Ted von Hippel

Double white dwarf binaries are an important remnant of binary evolution as they are possible type Ia supernova progenitors and strong sources of gravitational waves in the low-frequency regime. The double-lined double white dwarf (DBL)…

We present our models of the effect of binaries on high-resolution spectroscopic surveys. We want to determine how many binary stars will be observed, whether unresolved binaries will contaminate measurements of chemical abundances, and how…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Edita Stonkute , Ross P. Church , Sofia Feltzing , Jennifer A. Johnson

Aims. The mass discrepancy between the observed population of double neutron star binaries by radio pulsar observations and gravitational-wave observation requires an explanation. Methods. Binary population synthesis calculations are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 Matthias U. Kruckow

Stellar fundamental properties (masses, radii, effective temperatures) can be extracted from observations of eclipsing binary systems with remarkable precision, often better than 2%. Such precise measurements afford us the opportunity to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-10 Gregory A. Feiden

Context. This work is part of a long-term spectroscopic study of a sample of 30 multiple stars with early-type components. In this second paper we present the results of six multiple systems in which new stellar components have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 M. E. Veramendi , J. F. González

The Gaia mission recently revealed an excess population of equal-mass "twin" wide binaries, with mass ratio $q\gtrsim 0.95$, extending to separations of at least 1000 AU. The origin of this population is an enigma: twin binaries are thought…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Hsiang-Chih Hwang , Kareem El-Badry , Hans-Walter Rix , Chris Hamilton , Yuan-Sen Ting , Nadia Zakamska

Binary stars are ubiquitous; the majority of solar-type stars exist in binaries. Exoplanet occurrence rate is suppressed in binaries, but some multiples do still host planets. Binaries cause observational biases in planet parameters, with…

We use a geometric method to derive (two-dimensional) separation functions amongst pairs of objects within populations of specified position function $\mathrm{d} N/\mathrm{d} \vec{R}$. We present analytic solutions for separation functions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-20 Christopher Kervick , Matthew G. Walker , Jorge Peñarrubia , Sergey E. Koposov

Using near-infrared speckle interferometry we have obtained resolved JHK-photometry for the components of 58 young binary systems. From these measurements, combined with other data taken from literature, we derive masses and particularly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Jens Woitas , Christoph Leinert , Rainer K"ohler

Knowledge of the binary population in stellar groupings provides important information about the outcome of the star forming process in different environments (see, e.g., Blaauw 1991, and references therein). Binarity is also a key…

Massive stars exhibit a perplexing mismatch between their inferred masses from different observational techniques, posing a significant challenge to our understanding of stellar evolution and structure. This discrepancy is believed to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-07 C. I. Eze , G. Handler , F. Kahraman Aliçavuş , T. Pawar , A. Miszuda

The statistical characteristics of double main-sequence (MS) binaries are essential for investigating star formation, binary evolution, and population synthesis. Our previous study proposed a machine learning-based method to identify MS…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-04 Jia-jia Li , Jian-ping Xiong , Zhi-jia Tian , Chao Liu , Zhan-wen Han , Xue-fei Chen

Binary stars play a crucial role in our understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters and their stellar populations. We use Gaia Data Release 3 to homogeneously analyze 78 Galactic open clusters and the unresolved binary…