Eccentricity distribution of wide low-mass binaries
arXiv:2004.06570 · doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1639
Abstract
Distribution of eccentricities of very wide (up to 10 kau) low-mass binaries in the solar neighborhood is studied using the catalog of El-Badry and Rix (2018) based on Gaia. Direction and speed of relative motions in wide pairs contain statistical information on the eccentricity distribution, otherwise inaccessible owing to very long orbital periods. It is found that the eccentricity distribution is close to the linear (thermal) one f(e) = 2e$ However, pairs with projected separations <200 au have less eccentric orbits, while f(e) for very wide pairs appears to be slightly super-thermal, with an excess of very eccentric orbits. Eccentricity of any wide binary can be constrained statistically using direction and speed of its motion. Thermal eccentricity distribution signals an important role of stellar dynamics in the formation of wide binaries, although disk-assisted capture also can produce such pairs with eccentric orbits.
arXiv commentAccepted for publication in MNRAS. 7 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
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