Deriving the true mass of an unresolved Brown Dwarf companion to an M-Dwarf with AO aided astrometry*

From radial velocity (RV) detections alone one does not get all orbital parameters needed to derive the true mass of a non-transiting, unresolved substellar companion to a star. Additional astrometric measurements are needed to calculate the inclination and the longitude of the ascending node. Until...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kürster M., Meyer E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2011-07-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111604005