A Search for Close Binaries in the ρ Ophiuchi Star-forming Region
A Search for Close Binaries in the ρ Ophiuchi Star-forming Region
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10.1086/375532
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2003-03
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M. Barsony;M. Barsony;M. Barsony;C. Koresko;K. Matthews
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M. Barsony;M. Barsony;M. Barsony;C. Koresko;K. Matthews
We have carried out a new, near-infrared speckle imaging survey of 19 members of the young stellar population in the nearby (d = 140 pc) ρ Oph cloud core. Results for four binary and one newly discovered triple system are reported. Data for all known multiple systems among the pre-main-sequence population of ρ Oph are tabulated. We define a restricted binary fraction, Fb,r, and a restricted companion fraction, Fc,r, as counting only those systems most detectable in the present and previous high-resolution near-infrared imaging surveys having separations between 0.″1 and ~1.″1 and K-band magnitude differences ΔK < 3. Analysis of all the available multiplicity data results in updated values of Fb,r = 24% ± 11% and Fc,r = 24% ± 11% for the Ophiuchus pre-main-sequence population. These values are consistent with the values in the Taurus star-forming region, and Fc,r is in excess by a factor of 2 relative to the main sequence at the 1 σ level.