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Verification of Gaia Data Release 3 Single-lined Spectroscopic Binary Solutions With Three Transiting Low-mass Secondaries

Authors :
Stephen P. Schmidt
Kevin C. Schlaufman
Keyi Ding
Samuel K. Grunblatt
Theron Carmichael
Allyson Bieryla
Joseph E. Rodriguez
Jack Schulte
Noah Vowell
George Zhou
Samuel N. Quinn
Samuel W. Yee
Joshua N. Winn
Joel D. Hartman
David W. Latham
Douglas A. Caldwell
M. M. Fausnaugh
Christina Hedges
Jon M. Jenkins
Hugh P. Osborn
S. Seager
Source :
The Astronomical Journal, Vol 166, Iss 6, p 225 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2023.

Abstract

While secondary mass inferences based on single-lined spectroscopic binary (SB1) solutions are subject to $\sin i$ degeneracies, this degeneracy can be lifted through the observations of eclipses. We combine the subset of Gaia Data Release 3 SB1 solutions consistent with brown dwarf-mass secondaries with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Object of Interest (TOI) list to identify three candidate transiting brown dwarf systems. Ground-based precision radial velocity follow-up observations confirm that TOI-2533.01 is a transiting brown dwarf with $M={72}_{-3}^{+3}\,{M}_{\mathrm{Jup}}={0.069}_{-0.003}^{+0.003}\,{M}_{\odot }$ orbiting TYC 2010-124-1 and that TOI-5427.01 is a transiting very low-mass star with $M={93}_{-2}^{+2}\,{M}_{\mathrm{Jup}}={0.088}_{-0.002}^{+0.002}\,{M}_{\odot }$ orbiting UCAC4 515-012898. We validate TOI-1712.01 as a very low-mass star with $M={82}_{-7}^{+7}\,{M}_{\mathrm{Jup}}={0.079}_{-0.007}^{+0.007}\,{M}_{\odot }$ transiting the primary in the hierarchical triple system BD+45 1593. Even after accounting for third light, TOI-1712.01 has a radius nearly a factor of 2 larger than predicted for isolated stars with similar properties. We propose that the intense instellation experienced by TOI-1712.01 diminishes the temperature gradient near its surface, suppresses convection, and leads to its inflated radius. Our analyses verify Gaia DR3 SB1 solutions in the low Doppler semiamplitude limit, thereby providing the foundation for future joint analyses of Gaia radial velocities and Kepler, K2, TESS, and PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations light curves for the characterization of transiting massive brown dwarfs and very low-mass stars.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15383881
Volume :
166
Issue :
6
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
The Astronomical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2d08d0e42fe34dc7ac7c8531f1b4bfe5
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad0135