SKA-VLBI is projected to deliver an order-of-magnitude gain in astrometric precision, enabling detection of thousands of exoplanets around ultra-cool dwarfs, M dwarfs and young stars plus dynamical masses when companions are also imaged.
An Astrometric Search for a Sub-stellar Companion of the M8.5 Dwarf TVLM 513-46546 Using Very Long Baseline Interferometry
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We conducted multi-epoch VLBI observations to search for astrometric reflex motion caused by a sub-stellar companion of the M8.5 dwarf TVLM 513-46546. The observations yield an absolute parallax corresponding to a distance of 10.762+/-0.027 pc and a proper motion of 78.09+/-0.17 mas/yr. From the absence of significant residual motion, we place an upper limit to any reflex motion caused by a companion, extending the parameter space covered by previous near-infrared direct-imaging searches. By covering different orbital periods, the data exclude a phase-space of companion masses and orbital periods ranging from 3.8 Mjup with an orbital radius of ~0.05 AU (orbital period of 16 days) to 0.3 Mjup with an orbital radius of ~0.7 AU (orbital period of 710 days).
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Ultra-Precise Astrometric Search for Exoplanets with SKA-VLBI
SKA-VLBI is projected to deliver an order-of-magnitude gain in astrometric precision, enabling detection of thousands of exoplanets around ultra-cool dwarfs, M dwarfs and young stars plus dynamical masses when companions are also imaged.