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  • 标题:Improving dynamical mass constraints for intermediate-period substellar companions using Gaia DR2
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  • 作者:Per Calissendorff ; Markus Janson
  • 期刊名称:Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • 印刷版ISSN:0004-6361
  • 电子版ISSN:1432-0746
  • 出版年度:2018
  • 卷号:615
  • DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201833309
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:EDP Sciences
  • 摘要:The relationship between luminosity and mass is of fundamental importance for direct imaging studies of brown dwarf and planetary companions to stars. In principle this can be inferred from theoretical mass-luminosity models; however, these relations have not yet been thoroughly calibrated, since there is a lack of substellar companions for which both the brightness and mass have been directly measured. One notable exception is GJ 758 B, a brown dwarf companion in a ~20 AU orbit around a nearby Sun-like star, which has been both directly imaged and dynamically detected through a radial velocity trend in the primary. This has enabled a mass constraint for GJ 758 B of 42+19−7MJup. Here, we note thatGaiais ideally suited for further constraining the mass of intermediate-separation companions such as GJ 758 B. A study of the differential proper motion, Δμ, with regards to HIPPARCOSis particularly useful in this context, as it provides a long time baseline for orbital curvature to occur. By exploiting already determined orbital parameters, we show that the dynamical mass can be further constrained to 42.4+5.6−5.0MJup through theGaia-HIPPARCOSΔμmotion. We compare the new dynamical mass estimate with substellar evolutionary models and confirm previous indications that there is significant tension between the isochronal ages of the star and companion, with a preferred stellar age of ≤5 Gyr while the companion is only consistent with very old ages of ≥8 Gyr.
  • 关键词:enastrometrybrown dwarfsstars: kinematics and dynamics
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