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The EBLM project - IX. Five fully convective M-dwarfs, precisely measured with CHEOPS and TESS light curves

  • D. Sebastian
  • , M. I. Swayne
  • , P. F.L. Maxted
  • , A. H.M.J. Triaud
  • , S. G. Sousa
  • , G. Olofsson
  • , M. Beck
  • , N. Billot
  • , S. Hoyer
  • , S. Gill
  • , N. Heidari
  • , D. V. Martin
  • , C. M. Persson
  • , M. R. Standing
  • , Y. Alibert
  • , R. Alonso
  • , G. Anglada
  • , J. Asquier
  • , T. Bárczy
  • , D. Barrado
  • S. C.C. Barros, M. P. Battley, W. Baumjohann, T. Beck, W. Benz, M. Bergomi, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, A. Brandeker, C. Broeg, J. Cabrera, S. Charnoz, A. Collier Cameron, S. Csizmadia, M. B. Davies, M. Deleuil, L. Delrez, O. D.S. Demangeon, B. O. Demory, G. Dransfield, D. Ehrenreich, A. Erikson, A. Fortier, L. Fossati, M. Fridlund, D. Gandolfi, M. Gillon, M. Güdel, J. Hasiba, G. Hébrard, K. Heng, K. G. Isaak, L. L. Kiss, E. Kopp, V. Kunovac, J. Laskar, A. Lecavelier Des Etangs, M. Lendl, C. Lovis, D. Magrin, J. McCormac, N. J. Miller, V. Nascimbeni, R. Ottensamer, I. Pagano, E. Pallé, F. A. Pepe, G. Peter, G. Piotto, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, R. Ragazzoni, N. Rando, H. Rauer, I. Ribas, S. Lalitha, A. Santerne, N. C. Santos, G. Scandariato, D. Ségransan, A. E. Simon, A. M.S. Smith, M. Steller, G. M. Szabó, N. Thomas, S. Udry, V. Van Grootel, N. A. Walton
  • University of Birmingham
  • Keele University
  • Ipatimup Diagnósticos
  • Stockholm University
  • Université de Genève
  • LAM
  • University of Warwick
  • The Ohio State University
  • Onsala Space Observatory
  • University of Bern
  • Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
  • Research Unit; CIBERNED and Universidad de La Laguna
  • Campus UAB
  • Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)
  • ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
  • Admatis Ltd.
  • ESAC campus
  • Space Research Institute
  • Center for Space and Habitability
  • INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
  • Université Grenoble Alpes
  • DLR
  • Université Paris Diderot
  • University of St Andrews
  • Lund University
  • University of Liège
  • University of Leiden
  • University of Turin
  • University of Vienna
  • Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
  • Konkoly Observatory
  • Eötvös Loránd University
  • Lowell Observatory
  • Sorbonne Univ.
  • INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania
  • University of Padova
  • ETH Zurich
  • University of Cambridge
  • TU Berlin
  • Free University of Berlin
  • Institute of Astronomy

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Abstract

Eclipsing binaries are important benchmark objects to test and calibrate stellar structure and evolution models. This is especially true for binaries with a fully convective M-dwarf component for which direct measurements of these stars' masses and radii are difficult using other techniques. Within the potential of M-dwarfs to be exoplanet host stars, the accuracy of theoretical predictions of their radius and effective temperature as a function of their mass is an active topic of discussion. Not only the parameters of transiting exoplanets but also the success of future atmospheric characterization relies on accurate theoretical predictions. We present the analysis of five eclipsing binaries with low-mass stellar companions out of a subsample of 23, for which we obtained ultra-high-precision light curves using the CHEOPS satellite. The observation of their primary and secondary eclipses are combined with spectroscopic measurements to precisely model the primary parameters and derive the M-dwarfs mass, radius, surface gravity, and effective temperature estimates using the PYCHEOPS data analysis software. Combining these results to the same set of parameters derived from TESS light curves, we find very good agreement (better than 1 per cent for radius and better than 0.2 per cent for surface gravity). We also analyse the importance of precise orbits from radial velocity measurements and find them to be crucial to derive M-dwarf radii in a regime below 5 per cent accuracy. These results add five valuable data points to the mass-radius diagram of fully convective M-dwarfs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3546-3563
Number of pages18
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume519
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • binaries: eclipsing
  • stars: fundamental parameters
  • stars: low-mass
  • techniques: photometric
  • techniques: spectroscopic

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