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SPECKLE IMAGING EXCLUDES LOW-MASS COMPANIONS ORBITING the EXOPLANET HOST STAR TRAPPIST-1

Astrophysical Journal Letters, ISSN: 2041-8213, Vol: 829, Issue: 1
2016
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We have obtained the highest-resolution images available of TRAPPIST-1 using the Gemini-South telescope and our speckle imaging camera. Observing at 692 and 883 nm, we reached the diffraction limit of the telescope providing a best resolution of 27 mas or, at the distance of TRAPPIST-1, a spatial resolution of 0.32 au. Our imaging of the star extends from 0.32 to 14.5 au. We show that to a high confidence level, we can exclude all possible stellar and brown dwarf companions, indicating that TRAPPIST-1 is a single star.

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Steve B. Howell; Nicholas J. Scott; Mark E. Everett; Elliott P. Horch; Jennifer G. Winters; Lea Hirsch; Dan Nusdeo

American Astronomical Society

Physics and Astronomy; Earth and Planetary Sciences

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