An eccentric companion at the edge of the brown dwarf desert orbiting the 2.4 Msun giant star HIP67537

Abstract

We report the discovery of a substellar companion around the giant star HIP67537. Based on precision radial velocity measurements from CHIRON and FEROS high-resolution spectroscopic data, we derived the following orbital elements for HIP67537$b$: m${}_b$sin$i$ = 11.1${}_{-1.1}^{+0.4}$ M${}_{\mathrm{jup}}$, $a$ = 4.9${}_{-0.13}^{+0.14}$ AU and $e$ = 0.59${}_{-0.02}^{+0.05}$. Considering random inclination angles, this object has $\gtrsim$ 65% probability to be above the theoretical deuterium-burning limit, thus it is one of the few known objects in the planet to brown-dwarf transition region. In addition, we analyzed the Hipparcos astrometric data of this star, from which we derived a minimum inclination angle for the companion of $\sim$ 2 deg. This value corresponds to an upper mass limit of $\sim$ 0.3 M${}_{\odot }$, therefore the probability that HIP67537$b$ is stellar in nature is $\lesssim$ 7%. The large mass of the host star and the high orbital eccentricity makes HIP67537$b$ a very interesting and rare substellar object. This is the second candidate companion in the brown dwarf desert detected in the sample of intermediate-mass stars targeted by the EXPRESS radial velocity program, which corresponds to a detection fraction of $f$ = 1.6${}_{-0.5}^{+2.0}$%. This value is larger than the fraction observed in solar-type stars, providing new observational evidence of an enhanced formation efficiency of massive substellar companions in massive disks. Finally, we speculate about different formation channels for this object.

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