Accurate masses of very low mass stars. III. 16 new or improved masses

Ségransan, D.; Delfosse, X.; Forveille, T.; Beuzit, J.-L.; Udry, S.; Perrier, C.; Mayor, M.
Bibliographical reference

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.364, p.665-673 (2000)

Advertised on:
12
2000
Number of authors
7
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
87
Refereed citations
78
Description
We have obtained adaptive optics images and accurate radial velocities for 7 very low mass objects, In the course of a long term effort to determine accurate masses for very low mass stars (M<0.6 M_sun). We use the new data, together with measurements from the litterature for some stars, to determine new or improved orbits for these 7 systems. They provide masses for 16 very low mass stars with accuracies that range between 0.2% and 5%, and in some cases a very accurate distance as well. This information is used in a companion paper to discuss the Mass-Luminosity relation for the V, J, H and K photometric bands. Observations collected at the European Southern Observatory -- ESO, Chile, Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica -- LNA, Brazil and Observatoire de Haute Provence -- OHP, France Table 7 is available only in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsweb.u-strsbg.fr/Abstract.html