HST/FGS Trigonometric Parallaxes of M-dwarf Eclipsing Binaries
Abstract
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) trigonometric parallax observations were obtained to directly determine distances to five nearby M-dwarf/M-dwarf eclipsing binary systems. These systems are intrinsically interesting as benchmark systems for establishing basic physical parameters for low-mass stars, such as luminosity L, and radius R. HST/FGS distances are also one of the few direct checks on Gaia trigonometric parallaxes, given the comparable sensitivity in both magnitude limit and determination of parallactic angles. A spectral energy distribution (SED) fit of each system's blended flux output was carried out, allowing for estimation of the bolometric flux from the primary and secondary components of each system. From the stellar M, L, and R values, the low-mass star relationships between L and M, and R and M, are compared against idealized expectations for such stars. An examination on the inclusion of these close M-dwarf/M-dwarf pairs in higher-order common proper motion (CPM) pairs is analyzed; each of the 5 systems has indications of being part of a CPM system. Unexpected distances on interesting objects found within the grid of parallactic reference stars are also presented, including a nearby M dwarf and a white dwarf.
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© 2020 The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Received 2020 January 15; accepted 2020 March 2; published 2020 April 2. We would like to thank Andy Boden of Caltech for his development of the sedFit software suite, which was instrumental in deriving these results. We would also like to acknowledge our anonymous referee, who made many positive suggestions for improving this manuscript. Support for this work was provided by NASA through grant GO-11213 from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS5-26555. This publication makes use of data products from the Two-Micron All Sky Survey, which is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/Caltech, funded by NASA and the NSF. This research has utilized the SIMBAD database and VizieR catalog access tool, both operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France (Ochsenbein et al. 2000; Wenger et al. 2000), and the NASA's Astrophysics Data System Bibliographic Services. Facilities: HST-FGS, Gaia, WIYN-HYDRA, Lowell: 31 inch USGS telescope, 42 inch Hall telescope. Software: sedFit, GaussFit, IRAF DOHYDRA.Attached Files
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