The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets

Lo Curto, G.; Mayor, M.; Benz, Willy; Bouchy, F.; Hébrard, G.; Lovis, C.; Moutou, C.; Naef, D.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Santos, N. C.; Segransan, D.; Udry, S. (2013). The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. Astronomy and astrophysics, 551(A59), A59. EDP Sciences 10.1051/0004-6361/201220415

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The vast diversity of planetary systems detected to date is defying our capability of understanding their formation and evolution. Well-defined volume-limited surveys are the best tool at our disposal to tackle the problem, via the acquisition of robust statistics of the orbital elements. We are using the HARPS spectrograph to conduct our survey of ≈850 nearby solar-type stars, and in the course of the past nine years we have monitored the radial velocity of HD 103774, HD 109271, and BD-061339. In this work we present the detection of five planets orbiting these stars, with msin   (i) between 0.6 and 7 Neptune masses, four of which are in two multiple systems, comprising one super-Earth and one planet within the habitable zone of a late-type dwarf. Although for strategic reasons we chose efficiency over precision in this survey, we have the capability to detect planets down to the Neptune and super-Earth mass range as well as multiple systems, provided that enough data points are made available.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences > Theoretical Astrophysics and Planetary Science (TAPS)
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences

UniBE Contributor:

Benz, Willy

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

0004-6361

Publisher:

EDP Sciences

Language:

English

Submitter:

Cléa Serpollier

Date Deposited:

26 Sep 2014 15:06

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:32

Publisher DOI:

10.1051/0004-6361/201220415

Web of Science ID:

000316460600059

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.49179

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/49179

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