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The visual binary AG Tri in Pictoris Association: can a debris disc cause very different rotation periods of its components?
We measure the photometric rotation periods of the components of multiple
systems in young stellar associations to investigate the causes of the observed
rotation period dispersion. We present the case of the wide binary AG Tri in
the 23-Myr young beta Pictoris Association consisting of K4 + M1 dwarfs. Our
multi-band, multi-season photometric monitoring allowed us to measure the
rotation periods of both components P_A = 12.4d and P_B = 4.66d, to detect a
prominent magnetic activity in the photosphere, likely responsible for the
measured radial velocity variations, and for the first time, a flare event on
the M1 component AG Tri B. We investigate either the possibility that the
faster rotating component may have suffered an enhanced primordial disc
dispersal, starting its PMS spin-up earlier than the slower rotating component,
or the possibility that the formation of a debris disc may have prevented AG
Tri A from gaining part of the angular momentum from the accreting disc.Comment: 28 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Astrophysics and
Space Science 2015, (ASTR-D-15-00445R2