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A MULTIPLICITY CENSUS OF INTERMEDIATE-MASS STARS IN SCORPIUS-CENTAURUS
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Janson, Markus (författare)
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Lafreniere, David (författare)
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Jayawardhana, Ray (författare)
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Bonavita, Mariangela (författare)
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Girard, Julien H. (författare)
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- Brandeker, Alexis (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för astronomi
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Gizis, John E. (författare)
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- 2013
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Astrophysical Journal. - 0004-637X .- 1538-4357. ; 773:2, s. 170-
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https://doi.org/10.1...
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Abstract
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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.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- binaries: general
- brown dwarfs
- planetary systems
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