MILLI-ARCSECOND BINARIES

As part of an astrometric program, we have used the Very Long Baseline Array to measure with great accuracy the trigonometric parallax of several young stars in the Taurus and Ophiuchus star-forming regions. Additionally, we have obtained an unprecedented sample of high-resolution (~ 1 mas) images o...

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Autores: R. M. Torres, L. Loinard, A. J. Mioduszewki, L. F. Rodríguez
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:México
Recursos:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57116170023
Acesso em linha:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57116170023
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
thermal
Astrometry
stars: pre
main sequence
binaries: general
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Resumo:As part of an astrometric program, we have used the Very Long Baseline Array to measure with great accuracy the trigonometric parallax of several young stars in the Taurus and Ophiuchus star-forming regions. Additionally, we have obtained an unprecedented sample of high-resolution (~ 1 mas) images of several young stellar systems. These images revealed that about 70% of the stars in our sample are very tight binary stars (with separations of a few mas). Since it is highly unlikely that 70% of all stars are such tight binaries, we argue that selection e ects are at work.