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Two new ultracool benchmark systems from WISE+2MASS
(2013-05)
We have used the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to look for ultracool dwarfs that are part of multiple systems containing main-sequence stars. We cross-matched L dwarf candidates from ...
The sub-stellar birth rate from UKIDSS
(2013-04)
We present a new sample of mid-L to mid-T dwarfs with effective temperatures of 11001700 K selected from the UKIDSS Large Area Survey (LAS) and confirmed with infrared spectra from X-shooter/Very Large Telescope. This ...
A hot Uranus orbiting the super metal-rich star 77338 and the metallicity-mass connection
(2013-04-01)
We announce the discovery of a low-mass planet orbiting the super metal-rich K0V star HD 77338 as part of our ongoing Calan-Hertfordshire Extrasolar Planet Search. The best-fit planet solution has an orbital period of ...
Stellar activity as a tracer of moving groups
(2013-04)
We present the results of a study of the stellar activity in the solar neighborhood using complete kinematics (galactocentric velocities U, V, W) and the chromospheric activity index log R'(HK). We analyzed the average ...
Observing Strategies for the Detection of Jupiter Analogs
(2013-04)
To understand the frequency, and thus the formation and evolution, of planetary systems like our own solar system, it is critical to detect Jupiter-like planets in Jupiter-like orbits. For long-term radial-velocity monitoring, ...
Signals embedded in the radial velocity noise: Periodic variations in the tau Ceti velocities
(2013-03)
Context. The abilities of radial velocity exoplanet surveys to detect the lowest-mass extra-solar planets are currently limited by a combination of instrument precision, lack of data, and “jitter”. Jitter is a general term ...
Surfing the photon noise : New techniques to find low-mass planets around M dwarfs
(2013-02)
The current precision radial velocities techniques to detect low mass planets in M dwarf are quickly reviewed. This includes high resolution spectroscopic observations made both in the optical and in the near infrared. We ...
Status of the Calan-Hertfordshire Extrasolar Planet Search
(EDP Sciences, 2013)
In these proceedings we give a status update of the Calan-Hertfordshire Extrasolar Planet Search, an international collaboration led from Chile that aims to discover more planets around super metal-rich and Sun-like stars, ...
Red Optical Planet Survey : A radial velocity search for low mass M dwarf planets
(EDP Sciences, 2013)
We present radial velocity results from our Red Optical Planet Survey (ROPS), aimed at detecting low-mass planets orbiting mid-late M dwarfs. The similar to 10 ms(-1) precision achieved over 2 consecutive nights with the ...
A 2 epoch proper motion catalogue from the UKIDSS Large Area Survey
(EDP Sciences, 2013)
The UKIDSS Large Area Survey (LAS) began in 2005, with the start of the UKIDSS program as a 7 year effort to survey roughly 4000 square degrees at high galactic latitudes in Y, J, H and K bands. The survey also included a ...