HAT-TR-318-007: a double-lined M-dwarf binary with total secondary eclipses discovered by HATNet and observed by K2


Abstract in English

We report the discovery by the HATNet survey of HAT-TR-318-007, a $P = 3.34395390pm0.00000020$ d period detached double-lined M-dwarf binary with total secondary eclipses. We combine radial velocity (RV) measurements from TRES/FLWO 1.5 m, and time-series photometry from HATNet, FLWO 1.2 m, BOS 0.8 m and NASA K2 Campaign 5, to determine the masses and radii of the component stars: $M_{A} = 0.448pm0.011$ $M_{odot}$, $M_{B} = 0.2721^{+0.0041}_{-0.0042}$ $M_{odot}$, $R_{A} = 0.4548^{+0.0035}_{-0.0036}$ $R_{odot}$, and $R_{B} = 0.2913^{+0.0023}_{-0.0024}$ $R_{odot}$. We obtained a FIRE/Magellan near-infrared spectrum of the primary star during a total secondary eclipse, and use this to obtain disentangled spectra of both components. We determine spectral types of ST$_{A} = {rm M}3.71pm0.69$ and ST$_{B} = {rm M}5.01pm0.73$, and effective temperatures of T$_{rm eff,A} = 3190pm110$ K and T$_{rm eff,B} = 3100pm110$ K, for the primary and secondary star, respectively. We also measure a metallicity of [Fe/H]$=+0.298pm0.080$ for the system. We find that the system has a small, but significant, non-zero eccentricity of $0.0136pm0.0026$. The K2 light curve shows a coherent variation at a period of $3.41315^{+0.00030}_{-0.00032}$ d, which is slightly longer than the orbital period, and which we demonstrate comes from the primary star. We interpret this as the rotation period of the primary. We perform a quantitative comparison between the Dartmouth stellar evolution models and the seven systems, including HAT-TR-318-007, that contain M dwarfs with $0.2 M_{odot} < M < 0.5 M_{odot}$, have metallicity measurements, and have masses and radii determined to better than 5% precision. Discrepancies between the predicted and observed masses and radii are found for three of the systems.

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