A Keck Adaptive Optics Search for Young Extrasolar Planets
| dc.creator | Kaisler, Denise | |
| dc.creator | Zuckerman, Ben | |
| dc.creator | Becklin, Eric | |
| dc.creator | Macintosh, Bruce | |
| dc.date | 2002-10-07 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:05:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:05:37Z | |
| dc.description | Adaptive optics, large primary mirrors, and careful selection of target stars are the keys to ground-based imaging of extrasolar planets. Our near-IR survey is capable of identifying exoplanets of 1-10 M${_J}$ within 100 AU of young (t$<$60 Myr), nearby (d$<$60 pc) stars. For very young and proximate targets such as GJ 803 (12 Myr, 10 pc) we are able to detect exoplanets with parameters approaching those of planets our solar system (1 M${_J}$ at 19 AU, 2 M${_J}$ at 9 AU; 5 M${_J}$ at 5 AU). We have thus far imaged over 100 stars with Keck AO. Here we report on our progress, discuss specific observing strategies, and present detailed sensitivity limits. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in "Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets", D. Deming ed | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210169 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210169 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5154 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | A Keck Adaptive Optics Search for Young Extrasolar Planets | |
| dc.type | text |