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The POKEMON Speckle Survey of Nearby M Dwarfs. III. The Stellar Multiplicity Rate of M Dwarfs within 15 pc

  • Authors: Catherine A. Clark, Gerard T. van Belle, Elliott P. Horch, David R. Ciardi, Kaspar von Braun, Brian A. Skiff, Jennifer G. Winters, Michael B. Lund, Mark E. Everett, Zachary D. Hartman, Joe Llama

Catherine A. Clark et al 2024 The Astronomical Journal 167 .

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Cumulative stellar multiplicity rate as a function of distance, binned by 1 pc. The 95% Poisson confidence interval is shown. We also show the overall stellar multiplicity rate (and uncertainties) for comparison. No corrections have been applied for undetected companions. Although the cumulative multiplicity rate is higher at smaller distances due to a smaller number of stars in those bins, we do find that the cumulative multiplicity rate stays roughly flat from 11 pc outwards; the drop-off from 11 to 15 pc is 0.6%, which we consider negligible. Since the cumulative multiplicity rate remains roughly flat in these bins, this indicates that we are not missing multiples at these distances.

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