Discovery of a brown dwarf companion to the A3V star β Circini

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, L.C.
dc.contributor.authorLucas, P.W.
dc.contributor.authorContreras Peña, C.
dc.contributor.authorKurtev, R.
dc.contributor.authorMarocco, F.
dc.contributor.authorJones, H.R.A.
dc.contributor.authorBeamin, J.C.
dc.contributor.authorNapiwotzki, R.
dc.contributor.authorBorissova, J.
dc.contributor.authorBurningham, B.
dc.contributor.authorFaherty, J.
dc.contributor.authorPinfield, D.J.
dc.contributor.authorGromadzki, M.
dc.contributor.authorIvanov, V.D.
dc.contributor.authorMinniti, D.
dc.contributor.authorStimson, W.
dc.contributor.authorVillanueva, V.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-16T21:23:00Z
dc.date.available2023-06-16T21:23:00Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopus.es
dc.description.abstractWe report the discovery of an L dwarf companion to the A3V star β Circini. VVV J151721.49−585131.5, or β Cir B, was identified in a proper motion and parallax catalogue of the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea survey as having near-infrared luminosity and colour indicative of an early L dwarf, and a proper motion and parallax consistent with that of β Cir. The projected separation of ∼3.6 arcmin corresponds to 6656 au, which is unusually wide. The most recent published estimate of the age of the primary combined with our own estimate based on newer isochrones yields an age of 370–500 Myr. The system therefore serves as a useful benchmark at an age greater than that of the Pleiades brown dwarfs and most other young L dwarf benchmarks. We have obtained a medium resolution echelle spectrum of the companion which indicates a spectral type of L1.0 ± 0.5 and lacks the typical signatures of low-surface gravity seen in younger brown dwarfs. This suggests that signs of low-surface gravity disappear from the spectra of early L dwarfs by an age of ∼370–500 Myr, as expected from theoretical isochrones. The mass of β Cir B is estimated from the BHAC15 isochrones as 0.056 ± 0.007 M⊙.es
dc.description.urihttps://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/454/4/4476/1003701?login=true
dc.identifier.citationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Volume 454, Issue 4, Pages 4476 - 4483. 21 December 2015es
dc.identifier.doiDOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2290
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/50796
dc.language.isoenes
dc.publisherOxford University Presses
dc.rights.licenseAtribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es
dc.subjectBinaries: Generales
dc.subjectBrown Dwarfses
dc.subjectStars: Individual: β Circinies
dc.titleDiscovery of a brown dwarf companion to the A3V star β Circinies
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