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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

The aim of the project is to improve our knowledge on the multiplicity of planet-host stars at wide physical separations. We cross-matched approximately 6200 square degree area of the Southern sky imaged by the Visible Infrared Survey…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-08 N. Lodieu , A. Perez-Garrido , V. J. S. Bejar , B. Gauza , M. T. Ruiz , R. Rebolo , D. J. Pinfield , E. L. Martin

We present 4.5, 8, and 16um photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope for 204 stars in the Upper Scorpius OB Association. The data are used to investigate the frequency and properties of circumstellar disks around stars with masses…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 John M. Carpenter , Eric E. Mamajek , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Michael R. Meyer

Close to 100 per cent of massive stars are thought to be in binary systems. The multiplicity of massive stars seems to be intrinsically linked to their formation and evolution, and Massive Young Stellar Objects are key in observing this…

We compile observations of early-type binaries identified via spectroscopy, eclipses, long-baseline interferometry, adaptive optics, common proper motion, etc. Each observational technique is sensitive to companions across a narrow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 Maxwell Moe , Rosanne Di Stefano

The origin of ultra-wide massive binaries (orbital separations $10^3-2\times 10^5$~AU) and their properties are not well characterized nor understood. Here we use the second Gaia data release to search for wide astrometric companions to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-07 Andrei P. Igoshev , Hagai B. Perets

We present an extensive sample of ultra-wide binary stars in the solar neighborhood, focusing on separations of $0.01<s/{pc}<1$. Using data from Gaia DR2, we define kinematic sub-populations via the systems' tangential velocities, i.e.,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Hai-Jun Tian , Kareem El-Badry , Hans-Walter Rix , Andrew Gould

We present photometry at 3-24um for all known members of the Upper Scorpius association (~11 Myr) based on all images of these objects obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. We have used these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 K. L. Luhman , E. E. Mamajek

We report on our analysis of HST/NICMOS snapshot high resolution images of 255 stars in 201 systems within ~10 parsecs of the Sun. Photometry was obtained through filters F110W, F180M, F207M, and F222M using NICMOS Camera 2. These filters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Sergio B. Dieterich , Todd J. Henry , David A. Golimowski , John E. Krist , Angelle M. Tanner

We report the discovery of a new low-mass spectroscopic (SB2) stellar binary system in the star-forming region of Upper Scorpius. This object, UScoCTIO5, was discovered by Ardila (2000), who assigned it a spectral class of M4. A KeckI HIRES…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ansgar Reiners , Gibor Basri , Subhanjoy Mohanty

We present the results of a binary population study in the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) using archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in Johnson V filter (HST Proposal 10246, PI M.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Matthew De Furio , Megan Reiter , Michael Meyer , Alexandra Greenbaum , Trent Dupuy , Adam Kraus

Using adaptive optics we study the binary population in the nearby OB association Scorpius OB2. We present the first results of our near-infrared adaptive optics survey among 199 (mainly) A- and B-type stars in Sco OB2. In total 151…

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…

We present a method to identify likely visual binaries in Gaia eDR3 that does not rely on parallax or proper motion. This method utilizes the various PSF sizes of 2MASS/Gaia, where at $<2.5$" two stars may be unresolved in 2MASS but…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-03 Ilija Medan , Sébastien Lépine

This paper describes a high-resolution, infrared spectroscopic survey of young, low-mass stars designed to identify and characterize pre-main-sequence spectroscopic binaries. This is the first large infrared radial velocity survey of very…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Prato

A combination of high-resolution and wide-field imaging reveals two binary stars and one triple star system among the sample of the first 11 stars with planets detected by radial velocity variations. High resolution speckle or adaptive…

We present results constraining the multiplicity of the very low mass stars and sub-stellar objects in the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC). Our sample covers primary masses 0.012-0.1M$_{\odot}$ using archival Hubble Space Telescope data obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 Matthew De Furio , Michael R. Meyer , Megan Reiter , John Monnier , Adam Kraus , Trent Dupuy

With the aim of investigating the binary population of the 700 Myr old Praesepe cluster, we have observed 149 G and K-type cluster members using adaptive optics. We detected 26 binary systems with an angular separation ranging from less…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. Bouvier , G. Duchene , J. -C. Mermilliod , T. Simon

The formation of stars above about twenty solar masses and their apparently high multiplicity remain heavily debated subjects in astrophysics. We have performed a vast high-resolution radial velocity spectroscopic survey of about 250 O- and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 R. Chini , V. H. Hoffmeister , A. Nasseri , O. Stahl , H. Zinnecker

We report the results of a deep photometric search for planets and brown dwarfs in the nearby young OB Upper Scorpius association. We obtained optical (I) and near-infrared (JKs) images around nine very low-mass stars and brown dwarf member…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. T. Costado , V. J. S. Bejar , J. A. Caballero , R. Rebolo , J. Acosta-Pulido , A. Manchado