On the Track of Very Low-mass Planets with HARPS

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Jun 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005msngr.120...22p&link_type=abstract

The Messenger (ISSN0722-6691), No.120, p. 22-25 (June 2005)

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In only one and a half years of operation HARPS has discovered eight new extra-solar planet candidates. Many more discoveries are expected with the increase of the duration of the survey. What makes HARPS unique compared with other instruments is its unprecedented precision and its ability to discover planets with very low mass. In fact, all the planets discovered with HARPS lie in the low-mass tail of the planetary companion mass distribution. This distribution, which is known to be highly sensitive in its low mass end to the detection threshold, can be explored with HARPS in a comprehensive way. The exploration of the very low-mass end of giant planets may bring new constraints on planet formation and evolution scenarios.

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