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The third data release of Gaia was the first to include orbital solutions assuming non-single stars. Here, we apply the astrometric triage technique of Shahaf et al. to identify binary star systems with companions that are not single…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-15 S. Shahaf , N. Hallakoun , T. Mazeh , S. Ben-Ami , P. Rekhi , K. El-Badry , S. Toonen

The early-K star T Cha, a member of the relatively nearby (D ~ 100 pc) epsilon Cha Association, is a relatively "old" (age ~7 Myr) T Tauri star that is still sporadically accreting from an orbiting disk whose inner regions are evidently now…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Joel H. Kastner , E. Thompson , R. Montez , S. J. Murphy , M. S. Bessell , G. G. Sacco

We present high resolution Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics imaging of 43 late-M, L and T dwarf systems with Keck/NIRC2. These include 17 spectral binary candidates, systems whose spectra suggest the presence of a T dwarf secondary. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi , Christopher R. Gelino , Adam J. Burgasser

Using data from the Gaia Data Release 3 (Gaia DR3) and Kepler/K2, we present a catalog of 16 open clusters with ages ranging from 4 to 4000 Myr, which provides detailed information on membership, binary systems, and rotation. We assess the…

We have obtained high contrast images of four nearby, faint, and very low mass objects 2MASSJ04351455-1414468, SDSSJ044337.61+000205.1, 2MASSJ06085283-2753583 and 2MASSJ06524851-5741376 (here after 2MASS0435-14, SDSS0443+00, 2MASS0608-27…

Members of widely-separated stellar binaries (> 0.1 pc) or loosely bound stellar associations and clusters are born with small spreads in kinematics and chemistry, but disrupt and dissociate on timescales comparable to their orbital time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-13 Adrian M. Price-Whelan , Semyeong Oh , David N. Spergel

We report follow-up studies of 35 recently-discovered cataclysmic variables (CVs), 32 of which were found in large, automated synoptic sky surveys. The objects were selected for observational tractability. For 34 of the objects we present…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 John R. Thorstensen , Erek H. Alper , Kathryn E. Weil

I present the results of a search for new low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in the Eta Cha and Eps Cha young associations. Within radii of 1.5 and 0.5 deg surrounding Eta Cha and Eps Cha, respectively, I have constructed color-magnitude…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. L. Luhman

A severe problem of the research in star-formation is that the masses of young stars are almost always estimated only from evolutionary tracks. Since the tracks published by different groups differ, it is often only possible to give a rough…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. W. Guenther , M. Esposito , R. Mundt , E. Covino , J. M. Alcala , F. Cusano , B. Stecklum

The orbital parameters of binaries at intermediate periods ($10^2$--$10^3$ d) are difficult to measure with conventional methods and are very incomplete. We have undertaken a new survey, applying our pulsation timing method to {\it Kepler}…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 Simon J. Murphy , Maxwell Moe , Donald W. Kurtz , Timothy R. Bedding , Hiromoto Shibahashi , Henri M. J. Boffin

We describe a search for close spectroscopic dwarf M star binaries using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to address the question of the rate of occurrence of multiplicity in M dwarfs. We use a template fitting technique to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Benjamin M. Clark , Cullen H. Blake , Gillian R. Knapp

The speckle interferometry program at the the 4.1 m Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR), started in 2008, now accumulated over 30,300 individual observations of 12,700 distinct targets. Its main goal is to monitor orbital…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-27 Andrei Tokovinin , Brian D. Mason , Rene A. Mendez , Edgardo Costa

We develop a data-driven spectral model for identifying and characterizing spatially unresolved multiple-star systems and apply it to APOGEE DR13 spectra of main-sequence stars. Binaries and triples are identified as targets whose spectra…

We present updated results of a high-resolution, magnitude limited (Ks<12 mag) imaging survey of nearby low-mass M6.0-M7.5 field stars. The observations were carried out using adaptive optics at the Gemini North, VLT, Keck II, and Subaru…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nick Siegler , Laird M. Close , Kelle L. Cruz , Eduardo L. Martin , I. Neill Reid

Context. In multiple pre-main-sequence systems the lifetime of circumstellar disks appears to be shorter than around single stars, and the actual dissipation process may depend on the binary parameters of the systems. Aims. We report high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-12 Gergely Csépány , Mario van den Ancker , Péter Ábrahám , Rainer Köhler , Wolfgang Brandner , Felix Hormuth , Hector Hiss

In this paper we examine the nearest 100 pc entries in the data release 2 of Gaia to identify previously unrecognized candidate members in young associations. We analyze 695 952 stars with the BANYAN {\Sigma} Bayesian classification…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Jonathan Gagné , Jacqueline K. Faherty

We present low-resolution spectroscopy of newly-discovered candidate companions to three stars in the Solar Neighbourhood. All three companions are M dwarfs, with spectral types ranging from M4 to M9.5. In two cases, G85-55`B' (M6) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Davy Kirkpatrick , James Liebert , K. L. Cruz , J. E. Gizis , I. Neill Reid

We present the first on-sky demonstration of dual-field interferometry at the CHARA Array and the first direct resolution of the inner Ba--Bb subsystem in the bright hierarchical triple $\alpha$ Piscium. Using $H$-band fringe tracking on…

The masses of compact objects like white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes are fundamental to astrophysics, but very difficult to measure. We present the results of an analysis of subluminous B (sdB) stars in close binary systems with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-09 S. Geier , C. Karl , H. Edelmann , U. Heber , R. Napiwotzki

We present updated results from our near-infrared long-baseline interferometry (LBI) survey to constrain the multiplicity properties of intermediate-mass A-type stars within 80 pc. Previous adaptive optics surveys of A-type stars are…