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Title:
Two nearby M dwarf binaries from the Two Micron All Sky Survey
Authors:
Gizis, John E.; Monet, David G.; Reid, I. Neill; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Burgasser, Adam J.
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA), AB(US Naval Observatory, PO Box 1149, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA), AC(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396, USA), AD(Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), 100-22, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA), AE(Department of Physics, 103-33, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA)
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 311, Issue 2, pp. 385-388. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
01/2000
Origin:
MNRAS
MNRAS Keywords:
BINARIES: GENERAL, STARS: LOW-MASS, BROWN DWARFS, SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD, INFRARED: STARS
DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03060.x
Bibliographic Code:
2000MNRAS.311..385G

Abstract

We report the discovery of two binary M dwarf systems in the immediate solar neighbourhood using the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). The first is an M6.5 companion to the nearby G star HD 86728 (Gl 376). The known properties of HD 86728 indicate that the M dwarf (Gl 376B) is old, metal-rich and only 14.9parsec away. The M dwarf is highly active, with both Hα and X-ray emission. Thus, Gl 376B offers the opportunity to study an old, bright, active M dwarf with known metallicity, age and luminosity. We show that it is probable that Gl 376B is itself an unresolved pair. The other system consists of an M6.5 and an M8 dwarf with 14.5arcsec separation. We estimate a distance of ~16parsec for this very low-mass pair. Stronger activity is observed in the M6.5 dwarf, supporting evidence that chromospheric activity is weakening near the hydrogen-burning limit.

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