Discovery of a tight brown dwarf companion to the low-mass star LHS 2397a

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作者：
Freed, M [1 ]
Close, LM [1 ]
Siegler, N [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
来源：
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2003年 / 584卷 / 01期
关键词：
binaries : general; instrumentation : adaptive optics; stars : evolution; stars : formation; stars : individual (LHS 2397a); stars; low-mass; brown dwarfs;
D O I：
10.1086/345533
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
Using the adaptive optics system, Hokupa'a, at Gemini North, we have directly imaged a companion around the UKIRT faint standard M8 star LHS 2397a (FS 129) at a separation of 2.96 AU. Near-infrared photometry of the companion has shown it to be an L7.5 brown dwarf and confirmed the spectral type of the primary to be M8. We also derive a substellar mass of the companion of 0.068 M-circle dot, although masses in the range 0.061-0.069 M-circle dot are possible, and the primary mass is 0.090 M-circle dot (0.089-0.094 M-circle dot). Reanalysis of archival imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the secondary as a common proper motion object. This binary represents the first clear example of a brown dwarf companion within 4 AU of a low-mass star and should be one of the first late-L dwarfs to have a dynamical mass. As part of a larger survey of M8-L0 stars, this object may indicate that there is no brown dwarf desert around low-mass primaries.
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