Component masses in stellar and substellar binaries from Gaia astrometry and photometry
This paper presents a method to determine the individual masses of unresolved stellar and substellar binaries by combining Gaia astrometry with three-band photometry and isochrone-based mass-flux relations, achieving 10–20% precision for primary masses and enabling the distinction between equal-mass stellar pairs and star-planet systems without requiring extensive follow-up observations.