The EBLM Project—From False Positives to Benchmark Stars and Circumbinary Exoplanets

Pierre F. L. Maxted; Amaury H. M. J. Triaud; David V. Martin

doi:10.3390/universe9120498

The EBLM Project—From False Positives to Benchmark Stars and Circumbinary Exoplanets

Pierre F. L. Maxted^*, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, David V. Martin

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Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

The EBLM project aims to characterise very-low-mass stars that are companions to solar-type stars in eclipsing binaries. We describe the history and motivation for this project, the methodology we use to obtain the precise mass, radius, and effective temperature estimates for very-low-mass M dwarfs, and review the results of the EBLM study and those from related projects. We show that radius inflation in fully convective stars is a more subtle effect than what was previously thought based on less precise measurements, i.e., the mass–radius–effective temperature relations we observe for fully convective stars in single-line eclipsing binaries show reasonable agreement with the theoretical models, particularly if we account for the M-dwarf metallicity, as inferred from the analysis of the primary star spectrum.

Original language	English
Article number	498
Number of pages	28
Journal	Universe
Volume	9
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9120498
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2023

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Funding:
P.F.L.M. was funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), grant numbers ST/S001301/1 and ST/R000638/1. AHMJT is supported from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 803193/BEBOP). The EBLM project has received generous funding and observing time allocations from NASA through TESS Guest Investigator Programs G05024, G04157, and G022253 (PI Martin).

Keywords

eclipsing binary stars
exoplanets
fundamental properties of stars
very-low-mass stars

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The EBLM Project—From False Positives to Benchmark Stars and Circumbinary Exoplanets

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