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; Sz 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; Gy M Szabó; N Thomas; S Udry; V Van Grootel; N A Walton

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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 BarradoS 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, Sz 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, Gy M Szabó, N Thomas, S Udry, V Van Grootel, N A Walton

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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 characterisation rely on accurate theoretical predictions. We present the analysis of five eclipsing binaries with low-mass stellar companions out of a sub-sample 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% for radius and better than 0.2% 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% accuracy. These results add five valuable data points to the mass-radius diagram of fully-convective M-dwarfs.

Original language	English
Article number	stac2565
Number of pages	19
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	519
Issue number	3
Early online date	10 Jan 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2565
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023

Keywords

Techniques: photometric
Techniques: spectroscopic
Binaries: eclipsing
Stars: fundamental parameters
Stars: low-mass

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Sebastian, D., Swayne, M. I., Maxted, P. F. L., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Sousa, S. G., Olofsson, G., Beck, M., Billot, N., Hoyer, S., Gill, S., Heidari, N., Martin, D. V., Persson, C. M., Standing, M. R., Alibert, Y., Alonso, R., Anglada, G., Asquier, J., Bárczy, T., ... Walton, N. A. (2023). The EBLM project: IX. Five fully convective M-dwarfs, precisely measured with CHEOPS and TESS light curves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(3), Article stac2565. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2565

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AU - Swayne, M I

AU - Maxted, P F L

AU - Triaud, A H M J

AU - Sousa, S G

AU - Olofsson, G

AU - Beck, M

AU - Billot, N

AU - Hoyer, S

AU - Gill, S

AU - Heidari, N

AU - Martin, D V

AU - Persson, C M

AU - Standing, M R

AU - Alibert, Y

AU - Alonso, R

AU - Anglada, G

AU - Asquier, J

AU - Bárczy, T

AU - Barrado, D

AU - Barros, S C C

AU - Battley, M P

AU - Baumjohann, W

AU - Beck, T

AU - Benz, W

AU - Bergomi, M

AU - Boisse, I

AU - Bonfils, X

AU - Brandeker, A

AU - Broeg, C

AU - Cabrera, J

AU - Charnoz, S

AU - Cameron, A Collier

AU - Csizmadia, Sz

AU - Davies, M B

AU - Deleuil, M

AU - Delrez, L

AU - Demangeon, O D S

AU - Demory, B-O

AU - Dransfield, G

AU - Ehrenreich, D

AU - Erikson, A

AU - Fortier, A

AU - Fossati, L

AU - Fridlund, M

AU - Gandolfi, D

AU - Gillon, M

AU - Güdel, M

AU - Hasiba, J

AU - Hébrard, G

AU - Heng, K

AU - Isaak, K G

AU - Kiss, L L

AU - Kopp, E

AU - Kunovac, V

AU - Laskar, J

AU - des Etangs, A Lecavelier

AU - Lendl, M

AU - Lovis, C

AU - Magrin, D

AU - McCormac, J

AU - Miller, N J

AU - Nascimbeni, V

AU - Ottensamer, R

AU - Pagano, I

AU - Pallé, E

AU - Pepe, F A

AU - Peter, G

AU - Piotto, G

AU - Pollacco, D

AU - Queloz, D

AU - Ragazzoni, R

AU - Rando, N

AU - Rauer, H

AU - Ribas, I

AU - Lalitha, S

AU - Santerne, A

AU - Santos, N C

AU - Scandariato, G

AU - Ségransan, D

AU - Simon, A E

AU - Smith, A M S

AU - Steller, M

AU - Szabó, Gy M

AU - Thomas, N

AU - Udry, S

AU - Van Grootel, V

AU - Walton, N A

N1 - Funding information: ACC acknowledges support from STFC consolidated grant numbers ST/R000824/1 and ST/V000861/1, and UKSA grant number ST/R003203/1. This project was supported by the CNES.

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N2 - 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 characterisation rely on accurate theoretical predictions. We present the analysis of five eclipsing binaries with low-mass stellar companions out of a sub-sample 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% for radius and better than 0.2% 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% accuracy. These results add five valuable data points to the mass-radius diagram of fully-convective M-dwarfs.

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KW - Techniques: spectroscopic

KW - Binaries: eclipsing

KW - Stars: fundamental parameters

KW - Stars: low-mass

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DO - 10.1093/mnras/stac2565

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JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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

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