The widest ultracool binary

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2006-12-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612234v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Submitted to A&A Letters on Nov 26. Comments by referee already introduced

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20066814

Aims: I test the ejection scenario of formation of brown dwarfs and very low-mass stars through the detection of a very wide ultracool binary. Methods: LEHPM 494 (M6.0 +/- 1.0 V) and DENIS-P J0021.0-4244 (M9.5 +/- 0.5 V) are separated by 1.3 arcmin and are high proper motion co-moving ultracool stars. I have used six astrometric epochs spaced 22 years to confirm their common tangential velocity. Results: The angular separation between both low-mass stars keeps constant with an uncertainty less than 0.1 %. I have also derived their most probable heliocentric distance (23 +/- 2 pc), age interval (2-10 Ga) and masses (0.103 +/- 0.006 and 0.079 +/- 0.004 Msol). The pair, with a projected physical separation of 1800 +/- 170 AU, is by far the widest ultracool binary ever found in the field. Conclusions: This serendipitous and simple detection is inconsistent with ultra low-mass formation ejection scenarios and complements current searches of low-mass tight binaries.

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