The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: The Frequency of Planets around Young Moving Group Stars

We report results of a direct imaging survey for giant planets around 80 members of the Beta Pic, TW Hya, Tucana-Horologium, AB Dor, and Hercules-Lyra moving groups, observed as part of the Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign. For this sample, we obtained median contrasts of \Delta H=13.9 mag at 1&q...

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Main Authors: Biller, B, Liu, M, Wahhaj, Z, Nielsen, E, Hayward, T, Males, JR, Skemer, A, Close, L, Chun, M, Ftaclas, C, Clarke, F, Thatte, N, Shkolnik, E, Reid, I, Hartung, M, Boss, A, Lin, D, Alencar, S, Pino, E, Gregorio-Hetem, J, Toomey, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2013