NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2011B-0138
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PI: Carl Melis, UC San Diego, cmelis@ucsd.edu
Address: Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, 9500 Gilman Drive, Code 0424, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0424, USA
CoI: Simon Murphy, Australian National University
CoI: Christian Marois, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
CoI: Adric Riedel, Georgia State University
CoI: Todd Henry, Georgia State University
Title: A Search for Giant Planets around a Nearby, Young, Low-mass Star
Abstract: We have identified a nearby (D=8 pc), 40 Myr old mid-M type star. This object presents a unique opportunity to probe the planetary system architecture of a low-mass star. We propose deep Gemini/NICI adaptive optics imaging to detect or constrain the presence of Jupiter and possibly sub-Jupiter mass planets at separations greater than 2 AU from this low-mass star.
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726, Phone: (520) 318-8000, Fax: (520) 318-8360
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