A Distance-Limited Imaging Survey of Sub-Stellar Companions to Solar Neighborhood Stars

Details A Distance-Limited Imaging Survey of Sub-Stellar Companions to Solar Neighborhood Stars A Distance-Limited Imaging Survey of Sub-Stellar Companions to Solar Neighborhood Stars

2008-10-09

arxiv.org/abs/0810.1723v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

29 pages, 5 figures. Carson et al. 2008, AJ, in press

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-6256/137/1/218

We report techniques and results of a Palomar 200-inch (5 m) adaptive optics imaging survey of sub-stellar companions to solar-type stars. The survey consists of Ks coronagraphic observations of 21 FGK dwarfs out to 20 pc (median distance about 17 pc). At 1-arcsec separation (17 projected AU) from a typical target system, the survey achieves median sensitivities 7 mag fainter than the parent star. In terms of companion mass, that corresponds to sensitivities of 50MJ (1 Gyr), 70MJ (solar age), and 75MJ (10 Gyr), using the evolutionary models of Baraffe and colleagues. Using common proper motion to distinguish companions from field stars, we find that no system shows positive evidence of a previously unknown substellar companion (searchable separation about 20-250 projected AU at the median target distance).

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