TY - JOUR
T1 - An asymmetric eclipse seen toward the pre-main-sequence binary system V928 Tau
AU - van Dam, Dirk M.
AU - Kenworthy, Matthew A.
AU - David, Trevor J.
AU - Mamajek, Eric E.
AU - Hillenbrand, Lynne A.
AU - Cody, Ann Marie
AU - Howard, Andrew W.
AU - Isaacson, Howard
AU - Ciardi, David R.
AU - Rebull, Luisa M.
AU - Stauffer, John R.
AU - Patel, Rahul
AU - Cameron, Andrew Collier
AU - Rodriguez, Joseph E.
AU - Pojmanski, Grzegorz
AU - Gonzales, Erica J.
AU - Schlieder, Joshua E.
AU - Hambsch, Franz-Josef
AU - Dufoer, Sjoerd
AU - Vanmunster, Tonny
AU - Dubois, Franky
AU - Vanaverbeke, Siegfried
AU - Logie, Ludwig
AU - Rau, Steve
AU - Collaborators, WASP
N1 - Funding: J.D.and E.E.M.gratefully acknowledge support from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Exoplanetary Science Initiative and NASA award 17-K2GO6-0030.
PY - 2020/11/26
Y1 - 2020/11/26
N2 - K2 observations of the weak-lined T Tauri binary V928 Tau A and B show
the detection of a single, asymmetric eclipse, which may be due to a
previously unknown substellar companion eclipsing one component of the
binary with an orbital period >66 days. Over an interval of about 9
hr, one component of the binary dims by around 60%, returning to its
normal brightness about 5 hr later. From modeling of the eclipse shape,
we find evidence that the eclipsing companion may be surrounded by a
disk or a vast ring system. The modeled disk has a radius of
0.9923 ± 0.0005 R*, with an inclination of 5678 ± 003, a tilt of 4122 ± 005, an impact parameter of −0.2506 ± 0.0002 R*, and an opacity of 1.00. The occulting disk must also move at a transverse velocity of 6.637 ± 0.002 R* day−1, which, depending on whether it orbits V928 Tau A or B, corresponds to approximately 73.53 or 69.26 km s−1.
A search in ground-based archival data reveals additional dimming
events, some of which suggest periodicity, but no unambiguous period
associated with the eclipse observed by K2. We present a new epoch of
astrometry that is used to further refine the orbit of the binary,
presenting a new lower bound of 67 yr, and constraints on the possible
orbital periods of the eclipsing companion. The binary is also separated
by 18'' (~2250 au) from the lower-mass CFHT-BD-Tau 7, which is likely
associated with V928 Tau A and B. We also present new high-dispersion
optical spectroscopy that we use to characterize the unresolved stellar
binary.
AB - K2 observations of the weak-lined T Tauri binary V928 Tau A and B show
the detection of a single, asymmetric eclipse, which may be due to a
previously unknown substellar companion eclipsing one component of the
binary with an orbital period >66 days. Over an interval of about 9
hr, one component of the binary dims by around 60%, returning to its
normal brightness about 5 hr later. From modeling of the eclipse shape,
we find evidence that the eclipsing companion may be surrounded by a
disk or a vast ring system. The modeled disk has a radius of
0.9923 ± 0.0005 R*, with an inclination of 5678 ± 003, a tilt of 4122 ± 005, an impact parameter of −0.2506 ± 0.0002 R*, and an opacity of 1.00. The occulting disk must also move at a transverse velocity of 6.637 ± 0.002 R* day−1, which, depending on whether it orbits V928 Tau A or B, corresponds to approximately 73.53 or 69.26 km s−1.
A search in ground-based archival data reveals additional dimming
events, some of which suggest periodicity, but no unambiguous period
associated with the eclipse observed by K2. We present a new epoch of
astrometry that is used to further refine the orbit of the binary,
presenting a new lower bound of 67 yr, and constraints on the possible
orbital periods of the eclipsing companion. The binary is also separated
by 18'' (~2250 au) from the lower-mass CFHT-BD-Tau 7, which is likely
associated with V928 Tau A and B. We also present new high-dispersion
optical spectroscopy that we use to characterize the unresolved stellar
binary.
KW - Planetary rings
KW - Pre-main sequence stars
KW - Astrometric binary stars
KW - Eclipses
KW - Substellar companion stars
U2 - 10.3847/1538-3881/abc259
DO - 10.3847/1538-3881/abc259
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-6256
VL - 160
JO - Astronomical Journal
JF - Astronomical Journal
IS - 6
M1 - 285
ER -