Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-05-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in the PASP
Scientific paper
10.1086/504115
Radial velocity searches for substellar mass companions have focused primarily on stars older than 1 Gyr. Increased levels of stellar activity in young stars hinders the detection of solar system analogs and therefore there has been a prejudice against inclusion of young stars in radial velocity surveys until recently. Adaptive optics surveys of young stars have given us insight into the multiplicity of young stars but only for massive, distant companions. Understanding the limit of the radial velocity technique, restricted to high-mass, close-orbiting planets and brown dwarfs, we began a survey of young stars of various ages. While the number of stars needed to carry out full analysis of the problems of planetary and brown dwarf population and evolution is large, the beginning of such a sample is included here. We report on 61 young stars ranging in age from beta Pic association (~12 Myr) to the Ursa Majoris association (~300 Myr). This initial search resulted in no stars showing evidence for companions greater than ~1-2 M_Jup in short period orbits at the 3 sigma-level. Additionally, we present derived stellar parameters, as most have unpublished values. The chemical homogeneity of a cluster, and presumably of an association, may help to constrain true membership. As such, we present [Fe/H] abundances for the stars in our sample.
Paulson Diane
Yelda Sylvana
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