Results from the Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign

Beth A. Biller; Michael C. Liu; Zahed Wahhaj; Eric L. Nielsen; Thomas L. Hayward; Mark R. Chun; Laird M. Close; Christ Ftaclas; Jared R. Males; Markus Hartung; I. Neill Reid; Evgenya Shkolnik; Andrew J. Skemer; Matthias Tecza; Niranjan A. Thatte; Fraser Clarke; Douglas Toomey

doi:10.1117/12.2057339

Results from the Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign

Beth A. Biller^*, Michael C. Liu, Zahed Wahhaj, Eric L. Nielsen, Thomas L. Hayward, Mark R. Chun, Laird M. Close, Christ Ftaclas, Jared R. Males, Markus Hartung, I. Neill Reid, Evgenya Shkolnik, Andrew J. Skemer, Matthias Tecza, Niranjan A. Thatte, Fraser Clarke, Douglas Toomey

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From 2008 December to 2012 September, the NICI (Near-Infrared Coronagraphic Imager at the Gemini-South 8.1-m) Planet-Finding Campaign (Liu et al. 2010) obtained deep, high-contrast AO imaging of a carefully selected sample of over 200 young, nearby stars. In the course of the campaign, we discovered four co-moving brown dwarf companions: PZ Tel B (36 +/- 16.4 1.0 AU), CD-35 2722B (31 +/- 8 67 +/- 4 AU), HD 1160B (33(9)(i2) 81 +/- AU), and HIP 79797Bb (55(19)(21) M-Jup, 3 AU from the previously known brown dwarf companion HIP 79797Ba), as well as numerous stellar binaries. Three survey papers have been published to date, covering: 1) high mass stars (Nielsen et al. 2013), 2) debris disk stars (Wahhaj et al. 2013), and 3) stars which are members of nearby young moving groups (Biller et al. 2013). In addition, the Campaign has yielded new orbital constraints for the similar to 8-10 Mi-up planet beta Pic b (Nielsen et al. 2014) and a high precision measurement of the star-disk offset for the well-known disk around HR 4796A (Wahhaj et al. 2014). Here we discuss constraints placed on the distribution of wide giant exoplanets from the NICI Campaign, new substellar companion discoveries, and characterization both of exoplanets and circumstellar disks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS IV
Editors	E Marchetti, LM Close, JP Veran
Place of Publication	BELLINGHAM
Publisher	SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057339
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Conference on Adaptive Optics Systems IV - Montreal, Canada Duration: 22 Jun 2014 → 27 Jun 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Volume	9148
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Conference on Adaptive Optics Systems IV
Country/Territory	Canada
Period	22/06/14 → 27/06/14

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

exoplanets
adaptive optics
coronagraphy
circumstellar disks
L DWARF COMPANION
EXTRASOLAR PLANETS
GIANT PLANETS
CIRCUMSTELLAR DISK
BETA-PICTORIS
YOUNG STARS
HR 8799
DISCOVERY
FREQUENCY
MASS

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Biller, B. A., Liu, M. C., Wahhaj, Z., Nielsen, E. L., Hayward, T. L., Chun, M. R., Close, L. M., Ftaclas, C., Males, J. R., Hartung, M., Reid, I. N., Shkolnik, E., Skemer, A. J., Tecza, M., Thatte, N. A., Clarke, F., & Toomey, D. (2014). Results from the Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign. In E. Marchetti, LM. Close, & JP. Veran (Eds.), ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS IV (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9148). SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057339

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Biller, BA, Liu, MC, Wahhaj, Z, Nielsen, EL, Hayward, TL, Chun, MR, Close, LM, Ftaclas, C, Males, JR, Hartung, M, Reid, IN, Shkolnik, E, Skemer, AJ, Tecza, M, Thatte, NA, Clarke, F & Toomey, D 2014, Results from the Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign. in E Marchetti, LM Close & JP Veran (eds), ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS IV. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9148, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, BELLINGHAM, Conference on Adaptive Optics Systems IV, Canada, 22/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057339

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Results from the Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign

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