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Discovery of a low-mass companion to the F7V star HD 984

Meshkat, T. ; Bonnefoy, M. ; Mamajek, E. E. ; Quanz, S. P. ; Chauvin, G. ; Kenworthy, M. A. ; Rameau, J. ; Meyer, M. R. ; Lagrange, A.-M ; Lannier, J. ; Delorme, P.

In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015, vol. 453, no. 3, p. 2378-2386

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    Titel
    • Discovery of a low-mass companion to the F7V star HD 984
    Autor
    • Meshkat, T.. Leiden Observatory, PO Box 9513, Niels Bohrweg 2, NL-2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
    • Bonnefoy, M.. Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
    • Mamajek, E. E.. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0171, USA
    • Quanz, S. P.. Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Chauvin, G.. Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
    • Kenworthy, M. A.. Leiden Observatory, PO Box 9513, Niels Bohrweg 2, NL-2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
    • Rameau, J.. Institut pour la Recherche sur les Exoplanètes (iREx), Département de physique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
    • Meyer, M. R.. Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Lagrange, A.-M. Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
    • Lannier, J.. Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
    • Delorme, P.. Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
    Dokumententyp
    • Postprint
    Sprache
    • Englisch
    Veröffentlicht in
    • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015, vol. 453, no. 3, p. 2378-2386. Oxford University Press
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    • oai:doc.rero.ch:301745
    Summary
    We report the discovery of a low-mass companion to the nearby (d = 47pc) F7V star HD 984. The companion is detected 0.19 arcsec away from its host star in the L′ band with the Apodized Phase Plate on NaCo/Very Large Telescope and was recovered by L′-band non-coronagraphic imaging data taken a few days later. We confirm the companion is comoving with the star with SINFONI integral field spectrograph H + K data. We present the first published data obtained with SINFONI in pupil-tracking mode. HD 984 has been argued to be a kinematic member of the 30Myr-old Columba group, and its HR diagram position is not altogether inconsistent with being a zero-age main sequence star of this age. By consolidating different age indicators, including isochronal age, coronal X-ray emission, and stellar rotation, we independently estimate a main-sequence age of 115±85Myr (95 per cent CL) which does not rely on this kinematic association. The mass of directly imaged companions are usually inferred from theoretical evolutionary tracks, which are highly dependent on the age of the star. Based on the age extrema, we demonstrate that with our photometric data alone, the companion's mass is highly uncertain: between 33 and 96 MJup (0.03-0.09M⊙) using the COND evolutionary models. We compare the companion's SINFONI spectrum with field dwarf spectra to break this degeneracy. Based on the slope and shape of the spectrum in the H band, we conclude that the companion is an M6.0 ± 0.5 dwarf. The age of the system is not further constrained by the companion, as M dwarfs are poorly fit on low-mass evolutionary tracks. This discovery emphasizes the importance of obtaining a spectrum to spectral type companions around F-stars