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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-6256/140/2/510 | ||||
| Año | 2010 | ||||
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We conducted a deep survey of resolved subsystems among wide binaries with solar-type components within 67 pc of the Sun. Images of 61 stars in the K and H bands were obtained with the Near-Infrared Coronagraphic Imager adaptive-optics instrument on the 8 m Gemini-South telescope. Our maximum detectable magnitude difference is about 5 mag and 7.8 mag at 0.'' 15 and 0.'' 9 separations, respectively. This enables a complete census of subsystems with stellar companions in the projected separation range from 5 to 100 AU. Out of seven such companions found in our sample, only one was previously known. We determine that the fraction of subsystems with projected separations above 5 AU is 0.12 +/- 0.04 and that the distribution of their mass ratio is flat, with a power-law index of 0.2 +/- 0.5. Comparing this with the properties of closer spectroscopic subsystems (separations below 1 AU), it appears that the mass-ratio distribution does not depend on the separation. The frequency of subsystems in the separation ranges below 1 AU and between 5 and 100 AU is similar, about 0.15. Unbiased statistics of multiplicity higher than 2, advanced by this work, provide constraints on star formation theory.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Tokovinin, Andrei | Hombre |
Natl Opt Astron Observ - Chile
Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory - Chile |
| 2 | Hartung, Markus | Hombre |
Observatorio Gemini - Chile
Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center - Chile |
| 3 | Hayward, Thomas L. | Hombre |
Observatorio Gemini - Chile
Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center - Chile |
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| We thank M. Chun and F. Rigaut for helping us diagnose an NICI AO misbehavior, and F. Rantakyro for his assistance in the preparation and execution of the observations. We are thankful to W. Brandner and N. Huelamo for discussions about the manuscript. This work used NASA's Astrophysics Data System, data products from the 2MASS funded by the NASA and the NSF, and the SIMBAD database maintained by the University of Strasbourg, France. The comments of the anonymous referee helped us to improve the presentation. |