Bibcode
Gomes, J. I.; Pinfield, D. J.; Marocco, F.; Day-Jones, A. C.; Burningham, B.; Zhang, Z. H.; Jones, H. R. A.; Spaandonk, L. van; Weights, D.
Referencia bibliográfica
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 431, Issue 3, p.2745-2755
Fecha de publicación:
5
2013
Número de citas
33
Número de citas referidas
28
Descripción
We have used the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey and the Wide-field Infrared
Survey Explorer to look for ultracool dwarfs that are part of multiple
systems containing main-sequence stars. We cross-matched L dwarf
candidates from the surveys with Hipparcos and Gliese stars, finding two
new systems. The first system, G255-34AB, is an L2 dwarf companion to a
K8 star, at a distance of 36 pc. We estimate its bolometric luminosity
as log L/L⊙ = -3.78 ± 0.045 and Teff =
2080 ± 260 K. The second system, GJ499ABC, is a triple, with an
L5 dwarf as a companion to a binary with an M4 and K5 star. These two
new systems bring the number of L dwarf plus main-sequence star multiple
systems to 24, which we discuss. We consider the binary fraction for L
dwarfs and main-sequence stars, and further assess possible unresolved
multiplicity within the full companion sample. This analysis shows that
some of the L dwarfs in this sample might actually be unresolved
binaries themselves, since their MJ appears to be brighter
than the expected for their spectral types.