VLTI/GRAVITY Provides Evidence the Young, Substellar Companion HD 136164 Ab Formed Like a “Failed Star”

Balmer, William O. and Pueyo, L. and Lacour, S. and Wang, J. J. and Stolker, T. and Kammerer, J. and Pourré, N. and Nowak, M. and Rickman, E. and Blunt, S. and Sivaramakrishnan, A. and Sing, D. and Wagner, K. and Marleau, G. -D. and Lagrange, A. -M. and Abuter, R. and Amorim, A. and Asensio-Torres, R. and Berger, J. -P. and Beust, H. and Boccaletti, A. and Bohn, A. and Bonnefoy, M. and Bonnet, H. and Bordoni, M. S. and Bourdarot, G. and Brandner, W. and Cantalloube, F. and Caselli, P. and Charnay, B. and Chauvin, G. and Chavez, A. and Choquet, E. and Christiaens, V. and Clénet, Y. and Coudé Du Foresto, V. and Cridland, A. and Davies, R. and Dembet, R. and Drescher, A. and Duvert, G. and Eckart, A. and Eisenhauer, F. and Schreiber, N. M. Förster and Garcia, P. and Garcia Lopez, R. and Gendron, E. and Genzel, R. and Gillessen, S. and Girard, J. H. and Grant, S. and Haubois, X. and Heißel, G. and Henning, Th. and Hinkley, S. and Hippler, S. and Houllé, M. and Hubert, Z. and Jocou, L. and Keppler, M. and Kervella, P. and Kreidberg, L. and Kurtovic, N. T. and Lapeyrère, V. and Le Bouquin, J. -B. and Léna, P. and Lutz, D. and Maire, A. -L. and Mang, F. and Mérand, A. and Mollière, P. and Mordasini, C. and Mouillet, D. and Nasedkin, E. and Ott, T. and Otten, G. P. P. L. and Paladini, C. and Paumard, T. and Perraut, K. and Perrin, G. and Pfuhl, O. and Ribeiro, D. C. and Rodet, L. and Rustamkulov, Z. and Shangguan, J. and Shimizu, T. and Straubmeier, C. and Sturm, E. and Tacconi, L. J. and Vigan, A. and Vincent, F. and Ward-Duong, K. and Widmann, F. and Winterhalder, T. and Woillez, J. and Yazici, S. and Gravity Collaboration

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