Computer Science
Scientific paper
May 2007
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Spitzer Proposal ID #40976
Computer Science
Scientific paper
The vast majority of extrasolar planetary systems have been found using the radial velocity method, which is currently limited to the detection of planets within ~ 5-10 AU from the central star. This is unfortunate because the presence of planetary mass bodies at the periphery of known extrasolar planetary systems wold have important implications for their evolution, explaining the high eccentricities observed in some systems, and enhanced collision rates responsible for the creation of debris disks. This proposal aims to fill this gap by searching for planetary mass bodies in the extrasolar planetary systems within 15 pc from the Sun within the field of view of IRAC subarray frames, at wavelengths that cannot be easily reached from the ground. The observations are designed to be sensitive to bodies with mass as low as 10 MJ at distances between 20 and 400 AU from the primary, complementing our previous search executed as part of the IRAC GTO time, focused on distances larger than 400 AU.
Carson Joseph
Hora Joseph
Luhman Kevin
Marengo Massimo
Patten Brian
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