@inproceedings{471b44fa3c384e689301ca1ee6abdd66,
title = "Debris disks and multiplicity within the 75pc volume-limited A-Star (VAST) survey",
abstract = "We present the preliminary findings of an investigation of the multiplicity of debris disk stars identified within our Volume-limited A-star (VAST) multiplicity survey. Previous studies have produced conflicting results regarding the multiplicity fraction of debris disk-hosting stars compared with non-excess stars. By combining our large-scale volume-limited AO survey of A-type stars with the all-sky WISE catalogue, we have investigated the frequency of binary companions to a large sample of A-type stars with and without measured 22μm excess. The results of this study will allow for a greater understanding of the interaction between a companion star and a circumstellar debris disk, informing future study into the formation and stability of planetary-mass companions within binary systems.",
keywords = "Stars: binaries: visual, Stars: circumstellar matter, Stars: early-type",
author = "{De Rosa}, {R. J.} and B. Smith and J. Bulger and J. Patience and C. Marois and I. Song and B. Macintosh and J. Graham and R. Doyon and M. Bessell",
year = "2013",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1017/S174392131300882X",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781107045200",
series = "Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "S299",
pages = "334--335",
booktitle = "Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "S299",
}