Program: GS-2011B-Q-500
| Title: | NICI Extrasolar Planet Search Campaign (I) |
| PI: | Michael Liu |
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Abstract
We propose to conduct a multi-year direct imaging survey for massive
(>1 Mjup) planets around nearby young stars using NICI on Gemini-South.
The discovery of even a single planet would be significant finding. The
broader goals of the NICI Campaign are to address three key issues in the
extrasolar planet science: (1) the mass and separation distributions of
planets in the outer regions (>5-10 AU) of other solar systems, (2) the
dependence of planet frequency on stellar host mass, and (3) the SEDs of
young extrasolar planets. Our collaboration comprises a team of
established observers, instrumentalists, and theorists, possessing the
broad range of expertise needed for all phases of this campaign: to
contribute substantively to NICI commissioning and optimization, to
implement a multi-year AO search program, and to follow-up and fully
interpret exoplanet discoveries.
Publications using this program's data
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[ADS] Is the HD 15115 inner disk really asymmetrical?
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[ADS] A Direct Imaging Survey of Spitzer-detected Debris Disks: Occurrence of Giant Planets in Dusty Systems
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[ADS] The Gemini/NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: The Frequency of Planets around Young Moving Group Stars
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[ADS] The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: The Companion Detection Pipeline
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[ADS] A Statistical Analysis of SEEDS and Other High-contrast Exoplanet Surveys: Massive Planets or Low-mass Brown Dwarfs?
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[ADS] The Gemini Planet-finding Campaign: The Frequency Of Giant Planets around Debris Disk Stars
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[ADS] The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: The Frequency of Giant Planets around Young B and A Stars