CARMENES. V. M dwarfs in multiple systems

Cortés-Contreras, M.; Caballero, J. A.; Alonso-Floriano, F. J.; Klutsch, A.; López-Santiago, J.; Montes, D.; Dorda, R.; Alonso-Santiago, J.; Morales, J. C.; Béjar, V. J. S.; Quirrenbach, A.; Amado, P. J.; Mundt, R.; Ribas, I.; Reiners, A.; Carmenes Consortium
Bibliographical reference

Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VII, Proceedings of the X Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), held in Valencia, July 9 - 13, 2012, Eds.: J.C. Guirado, L.M. Lara, V. Quilis, and J. Gorgas., pp.646-646

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2013
Number of authors
16
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
6
Refereed citations
5
Description
With the help of CARMENCITA, the CARMENES Cool dwarf Information and daTa Archive (see SEA poster by Caballero et al.), we investigate the membership in double, triple or higher-order multiplicity systems of more than 1300 of the brightest, latest M dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood observable from Calar Alto. We use data compiled from the literature and measured by us. Angular separations range from a few tenths of arcseconds to several arcminutes, which translate into a very wide interval of projected physical separations. Studying M dwarfs in multiple systems provides information on a wealth of topics, e.g. from dynamical masses, through distance and metallicity, to the formation and evolution of weakly bound systems.