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. N. 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. N. 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±6 M_Jup, 16.4±1.0 AU), CD-35 2722B (31±8 M_Jup, 67±4 AU), HD 1160B (33⁺¹²_-9 M_Jup, 81± AU), and HIP 79797Bb (55⁺²⁰_-19M_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 ∼8-10 MJup planet Pic β (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 (US)
Title of host publication	Adaptive Optics Systems IV
Editors	Jean-Pierre Veran, Enrico Marchetti, Laird M. Close
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496164
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057339
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems IV - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 27 2014

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9148
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Other

Other	Adaptive Optics Systems IV
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/22/14 → 6/27/14

Keywords

adaptive optics
circumstellar disks
coronagraphy
exoplanets

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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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 J.-P. Veran, E. Marchetti, & L. M. Close (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems IV Article 91481O (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9148). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057339

Results from the Gemini NICI planet-finding campaign. / Biller, Beth A.; Liu, Michael C.; Wahhaj, Zahed et al.
Adaptive Optics Systems IV. ed. / Jean-Pierre Veran; Enrico Marchetti; Laird M. Close. SPIE, 2014. 91481O (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9148).

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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 J-P Veran, E Marchetti & LM Close (eds), Adaptive Optics Systems IV., 91481O, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9148, SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, Montreal, Canada, 6/22/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057339

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