An Adaptive Optics Census of Companions to Northern Stars Within 25 pc with Robo-AO
Maissa Salama, Carl Ziegler, Christoph Baranec, Michael C. Liu,, Nicholas M. Law, Reed Riddle, Todd J. Henry, Jennifer G. Winters, Wei-Chun, Jao, James Ou, Arcelia Hermosillo Ruiz

TL;DR
This study conducted a comprehensive adaptive optics survey of 1157 nearby stars within 25 parsecs, identifying 301 companions, including new discoveries, and providing updated multiplicity statistics across spectral types.
Contribution
It presents the largest volume-limited adaptive optics survey of nearby stars, combining Robo-AO imaging with Gaia data to identify and confirm stellar companions and refine multiplicity fractions.
Findings
Detected 154 companion candidates with Robo-AO.
Confirmed 53 companions with Gaia astrometry.
Reported multiplicity fractions of 40.9% for FGK stars and 28.2% for M stars.
Abstract
In order to assess the multiplicity statistics of stars across spectral types and populations in a volume-limited sample, we censused nearby stars for companions with Robo-AO. We report on observations of 1157 stars of all spectral types within 25 pc with decl. searching for tight companions. We detected 154 companion candidates with separations ranging from 0.15 to 4.0 and magnitude differences up to m7 using the robotic adaptive optics instrument Robo-AO. We confirmed physical association from Gaia EDR3 astrometry for 53 of the companion candidates, 99 remain to be confirmed, and 2 were ruled out as background objects. We complemented the high-resolution imaging companion search with a search for co-moving objects with separations out to 10,000 AU in Gaia EDR3, which resulted in an additional 147 companions registered. Of the 301…
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