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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/773/2/170 | ||||
| Año | 2013 | ||||
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Stellar multiplicity properties have been studied for the lowest and the highest stellar masses, but intermediate-mass stars from F-type to late A-type have received relatively little attention. Here, we report on a Gemini/NICI snapshot imaging survey of 138 such stars in the young Scorpius-Centaurus (Sco-Cen) region, for the purpose of studying multiplicity with sensitivity down to planetary masses at wide separations. In addition to two brown dwarfs and a companion straddling the hydrogen-burning limit which we reported previously, here we present 26 new stellar companions and determine a multiplicity fraction within 0 ''.1-5 ''.0 of 21% +/- 4%. Depending on the adopted semimajor axis distribution, our results imply a total multiplicity in the range of similar to 60%-80%, which further supports the known trend of a smooth continuous increase in the multiplicity fraction as a function of primary stellar mass. A surprising feature in the sample is a distinct lack of nearly equal-mass binaries, for which we discuss possible reasons. The survey yielded no additional companions below or near the deuterium-burning limit, implying that their frequency at >200 AU separations is not quite as high as might be inferred from previous detections of such objects within the Sco-Cen region.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Janson, M. | Hombre |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Lafreniere, David | Hombre |
UNIV MONTREAL - Canadá
University of Montreal - Canadá |
| 3 | Jayawardhana, Ray | - |
UNIV TORONTO - Canadá
University of Toronto - Canadá |
| 4 | Bonavita, Mariangela | Mujer |
UNIV TORONTO - Canadá
Osservatorio Astron Padova INAF - Italia University of Toronto - Canadá Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova - Italia |
| 5 | Girard, J. H. | Hombre |
ESO - Chile
European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile Observatorio Europeo Austral - Chile |
| 6 | Brandeker, A. | Hombre |
Stockholm Univ - Suecia
Stockholms universitet - Suecia |
| 7 | Gizis, John E. | Hombre |
Univ Delaware - Estados Unidos
University of Delaware - Estados Unidos |
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| NASA |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Space Telescope Science Institute |
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| We thank the staff at Gemini and ESO for their support during these observations. Our study made use of the CDS and SAO/NASA ADS services. Support for this work was provided by NASA through Hubble Fellowship grant HF-51290.01 awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract NAS 5-26555. Additional support came from grants to R.J. from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. |