Constraining the multiplicity statistics of the coolest brown dwarfs: binary fraction continues to decrease with spectral type
Constraining the multiplicity statistics of the coolest brown dwarfs: binary fraction continues to decrease with spectral type
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限制最冷褐矮星的多重性统计:二元分数随着光谱类型继续减少
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10.1093/mnras/sty1682
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2018
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4.8
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Fontanive C
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Fontanive C
Binary statistics of the latest-type T and Y brown dwarfs are sparse and it is unclear whether the trends seen in the multiplicity properties of their more massive counterparts hold for the very coolest brown dwarfs. We present results from a search for substellar and planetary-mass companions to a sample of 12 ultracool T8–Y0 field brown dwarfs with theHubble Space Telescope/Wide Field Camera 3. We find no evidence for resolved binary companions among our sample down to separations of 0.7–2.5 au. Combining our survey with prior searches, we place some of the first statistically robust constraints to date on the multiplicity properties of the coolest, lowest mass brown dwarfs in the field. Accounting for observational biases and incompleteness, we derive a binary frequency ofper cent for T5–Y0 brown dwarfs at separations of 1.5–1000 au, for an overall binary fraction offtot= 8 ± 6 per cent. Modelling the projected separation as a lognormal distribution, we find a peak in separation atau with a logarithmic width of. We infer a mass ratio distribution peaking strongly towards unity, with a power-law index of, reinforcing the significance of the detection of a tighter and higher mass ratio companion population around lower mass primaries. These results are consistent with prior studies and support the idea of a decreasing binary frequency with spectral type in the Galactic field.
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