Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3-Proper-motion anomaly and resolved common proper-motion pairs

P Kervella, F Arenou, F Thévenin - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The multiplicity fraction of stars, down to the substellar regime, is a parameter of
fundamental importance for stellar formation, evolution, and planetology. The census of …

3D selection of 167 substellar companions to nearby stars

F Feng, RP Butler, SS Vogt, MS Clement… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze 5108 AFGKM stars with at least five high-precision radial velocity points, as well
as Gaia and Hipparcos astrometric data, utilizing a novel pipeline developed in previous …

Direct imaging and astrometric detection of a gas giant planet orbiting an accelerating star

T Currie, GM Brandt, TD Brandt, B Lacy, A Burrows… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Direct imaging of gas giant exoplanets provides information on their atmospheres and the
architectures of planetary systems. However, few planets have been detected in blind …

Astrometric accelerations as dynamical beacons: discovery and characterization of HIP 21152 B, the first T-dwarf companion in the Hyades

K Franson, BP Bowler, M Bonavita… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Benchmark brown dwarf companions with well-determined ages and model-independent
masses are powerful tools to test substellar evolutionary models and probe the formation of …

Rotation Periods, Inclinations, and Obliquities of Cool Stars Hosting Directly Imaged Substellar Companions: Spin–Orbit Misalignments Are Common

BP Bowler, QH Tran, Z Zhang, M Morgan… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The orientation between a star's spin axis and a planet's orbital plane provides valuable
information about the system's formation and dynamical history. For non-transiting planets at …

The Initial Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20 pc Census of∼ 3600 Stars and Brown Dwarfs

JD Kirkpatrick, F Marocco, CR Gelino… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
A complete accounting of nearby objects—from the highest-mass white dwarf progenitors
down to low-mass brown dwarfs—is now possible, thanks to an almost complete set of …

[HTML][HTML] Barium and related stars, and their white-dwarf companions-III. The masses of the white dwarfs

A Escorza, RJ De Rosa - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Masses are one of the most difficult stellar properties to measure. In the case of the
white-dwarf (WD) companions of Barium (Ba) stars, the situation is worse. These stars are …

Impact of a new H/He equation of state on the evolution of massive brown dwarfs-New determination of the hydrogen burning limit

G Chabrier, I Baraffe, M Phillips, F Debras - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
We explored the impact of the latest equation of state (EOS) for dense hydrogen–helium
mixtures, which takes into account the interactions between hydrogen and helium species …

The cool brown dwarf Gliese 229 B is a close binary

JW Xuan, A Mérand, W Thompson, Y Zhang, S Lacour… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Owing to their similarities with giant exoplanets, brown dwarf companions of stars provide
insights into the fundamental processes of planet formation and evolution. From their orbits …

An atmospheric retrieval of the brown dwarf Gliese 229B

E Calamari, JK Faherty, B Burningham… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results from an atmospheric retrieval analysis of Gl 229B using the Brewster
retrieval code. We find the best fit model to be cloud-free, consistent with the T dwarf retrieval …