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Main Authors: Waisberg, Idel, Klein, Ygal, Katz, Boaz
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08493
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author Waisberg, Idel
Klein, Ygal
Katz, Boaz
author_facet Waisberg, Idel
Klein, Ygal
Katz, Boaz
contents A-stars are the progenitors of about half of the white dwarfs (WDs) that currently exist. The connection between the multiplicity of A-stars and that of WDs is not known and both multiplicities are still poorly explored. We are in the process of obtaining tight constraints on a sample of 108 southern A-type stars that are part of the nearby VAST sample \citep{DeRosa14} by conducting near-infrared interferometric follow-up observations to the (twenty) stars among them which have large $Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ accelerations. In this paper, we combine spectroscopy, adaptive optics imaging, NIR interferometry and $Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ astrometry in order to disentangle the stars in the complicated HIP 87813 = HJ2814A system. We show that (i) a previously discovered faint star that is separated by 2" from the A star is actually a background source; (ii) the $Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ acceleration is caused by a newly discovered $0.74 M_{\odot}$ star that was missed in previous AO images and we solve for its $P \approx 60 \text{ yrs}$ astrometric orbit; (iii) by combining previously obtained spectra we show that the A star has a very close $0.85 M_{\odot}$ companion on a 13.4-day period orbit. The radial velocity curve combined with NIR interferometry constrains its orbit allowing Kozai-Lidov oscillations in the hierarchical triple to be ruled out. The system HJ2814 is one of only about fifteen known 5+ systems with an A star primary, and will result in a system of between two to five bound WDs within around a Hubble time.
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spellingShingle Beyond binarity in A stars II. Disentangling the four stars in the vicinity of the triple HIP 87813 within the quintuple system HJ2814
Waisberg, Idel
Klein, Ygal
Katz, Boaz
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
A-stars are the progenitors of about half of the white dwarfs (WDs) that currently exist. The connection between the multiplicity of A-stars and that of WDs is not known and both multiplicities are still poorly explored. We are in the process of obtaining tight constraints on a sample of 108 southern A-type stars that are part of the nearby VAST sample \citep{DeRosa14} by conducting near-infrared interferometric follow-up observations to the (twenty) stars among them which have large $Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ accelerations. In this paper, we combine spectroscopy, adaptive optics imaging, NIR interferometry and $Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ astrometry in order to disentangle the stars in the complicated HIP 87813 = HJ2814A system. We show that (i) a previously discovered faint star that is separated by 2" from the A star is actually a background source; (ii) the $Gaia$-$Hipparcos$ acceleration is caused by a newly discovered $0.74 M_{\odot}$ star that was missed in previous AO images and we solve for its $P \approx 60 \text{ yrs}$ astrometric orbit; (iii) by combining previously obtained spectra we show that the A star has a very close $0.85 M_{\odot}$ companion on a 13.4-day period orbit. The radial velocity curve combined with NIR interferometry constrains its orbit allowing Kozai-Lidov oscillations in the hierarchical triple to be ruled out. The system HJ2814 is one of only about fifteen known 5+ systems with an A star primary, and will result in a system of between two to five bound WDs within around a Hubble time.
title Beyond binarity in A stars II. Disentangling the four stars in the vicinity of the triple HIP 87813 within the quintuple system HJ2814
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08493