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ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
卷 126, 期 3, 页码 1455-1471出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/377017
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binaries : general; infrared radiation; stars : early-type; stars : horizontal-branch; subdwarfs
Utilizing the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) Second Incremental Data Release Catalog, we have retrieved near-IR magnitudes for several hundred hot subdwarfs (sdO and sdB stars) drawn from the Catalogue of Spectroscopically Identified Hot Subdwarfs by Kilkenny et al. This sample size greatly exceeds that of previous studies of hot subdwarfs. Examining 2MASS photometry alone or in combination with visual photometry (Johnson BV or Stromgren uvby) available in the literature, we show that it is possible to identify hot subdwarf stars that exhibit atypically red IR colors, which can be attributed to the presence of an unresolved late-type companion. Utilizing this large sample, we attempt for the first time to de. ne an approximately volume-limited sample of hot subdwarfs. We discuss the considerations, biases, and difficulties in de. ning such a sample. We find that, of the hot subdwarfs in Kilkenny et al., about 40% in a magnitude-limited sample have colors that are consistent with the presence of an unresolved late-type companion. Binary stars are overrepresented in a magnitude-limited sample. In an approximately volume-limited sample the fraction of composite-color binaries is about 30%.
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