Radial velocities of 12 Psc and HD 159062 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Bowler B.P.
  2. Cochran W.D.
  3. Endl M.
  4. Franson K.
  5. Brandt T.D.
  6. Dupuy T.J.,MacQueen P.J.
  7. Kratter K.M.
  8. Mawet D.
  9. Ruane G.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the discovery of a white dwarf companion to the G1 V star 12Psc found as part of a Keck adaptive optics imaging survey of long-term accelerating stars from the McDonald Observatory Planet Search Program. Twenty years of precise radial-velocity monitoring of 12Psc with the Tull Spectrograph at the Harlan J. Smith telescope reveals a moderate radial acceleration (~10m/s/yr), which together with relative astrometry from Keck/NIRC2 and the astrometric acceleration between Hipparcos and Gaia DR2 yields a dynamical mass of M_B_=0.605_-0.022_^+0.021^M{sun} for 12PscB, a semimajor axis of 40_-4_^+2^au, and an eccentricity of 0.84{+/-}0.08. We also report an updated orbital fit of the white dwarf companion to the metal-poor (but barium-rich) G9 V dwarf HD159062 based on new radial velocity observations from the High-Resolution Spectrograph at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and astrometry from Keck/NIRC2. A joint fit of the available relative astrometry, radial velocities, and tangential astrometric acceleration yields a dynamical mass of M_B_=0.609_-0.011_^+0.010^M{sun} for HD159062B, a semimajor axis of 60_-7_^+5^au, and preference for circular orbits (e<0.42 at 95% confidence). 12PscB and HD159062B join a small list of resolved Sirius-like benchmark white dwarfs with precise dynamical mass measurements which serve as valuable tests of white dwarf mass-radius cooling models and probes of AGB wind accretion onto their main-sequence companions.

Keywords
  1. g-stars
  2. dwarf-stars
  3. multiple-stars
  4. radial-velocity
  5. visible-astronomy
  6. spectroscopy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021AJ....161..106B
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51610106

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2021-04-30T08:49:57Z
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