An Imaging Survey for Extrasolar Planets around 45 Close, Young Stars with the Simultaneous Differential Imager at the Very Large Telescope and MMT
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series2007Vol. 173(1), pp. 143–165
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Beth Biller, Laird M. Close, Elena Masciadri, E. Nielsen, R. Lenzen, W. Brandner, Donald McCarthy, Markus Hartung, Stephan Kellner, Eric E. Mamajek, Thomas Henning, Douglas L. Miller, Matthew D. Kenworthy, Craig Kulesa
Abstract
We present the results of a survey of 45 young (≲250 Myr), close (≲50 pc) stars with the Simultaneous Differential Imager (SDI) implemented at the VLT and the MMT for the direct detection of extrasolar planets. As part of the survey, we observed 54 objects, consisting of 45 close, young stars; two more distant ( 2 σ which behaved consistently like a real object. From our survey null result, we can rule out (with 93% confidence) a model planet population where N(a) ∝ constant out to a distance of 45 AU.
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