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Table 7

Properties of the β Pictoris system.

Parameter β Pictoris A β Pictoris b References

d (pc) 19.44 ± 0.05 2
Age (Myr) 3
J (mag) 3.524 ± 0.013 14.0 ± 0.3 1, 4
H (mag) 3.491 ± 0.009 13.5 ± 0.2 1, 4
Ks (mag) 3.451 ± 0.009 12.6 ± 0.1 4, 5
L′ (mag) 3.454 ± 0.003(a) 11.0 ± 0.2 1, 5, 6
NB_4.05 (mag) 11.20 ± 0.23 7
M′ (mag) 3.458 ± 0.009(a) 11.0 ± 0.3 1, 6
MJ (mag) 2.081 ± 0.014 12.6 ± 0.3 1
MH (mag) 2.048 ± 0.011 12.0 ± 0.2 1
MKs (mag) 2.007 ± 0.011 11.2 ± 0.1 5
ML (mag) 2.011 ± 0.006 9.5 ± 0.2 1, 5
MNB_4.05 (mag) 9.76 ± 0.24 7
MM (mag) 2.014 ± 0.011 9.5 ± 0.3 1
Spectral type A6V L2γ ± 2: 1, 8
Teff (K) 8052, 8036 1700 ± 100 1, 8, 9
log  g (dex) 4.15, 4.21 4.0 ± 0.5 1, 8, 9
M/H (dex) +0.05, +0.11 0.0 ? 1, 8, 9
log 10 (L / L) 0.91 ± 0.01(b) −3.87 ± 0.08 1
Mass (M) 1.70 ± 0.05(b) (c) 1

Notes.

(a)

ESO L and M-band magnitude.

(b)

Using the evolutionary tracks of Ekström et al. (2012) with and without rotation.

(c)

Using COND and DUSTY “hot-start” evolutionary models.

Reference. (1) – this work; (2) – van Leeuwen (2007); (3) – Zuckerman et al. (2001); (4) – van der Bliek et al. (1996b); (5) – Bonnefoy et al. (2011); (6) – Bouchet et al. (1991); (7) – Quanz et al. (2010); (8) – Gray et al. (2006); (9) – Saffe et al. (2008).

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