Prized results from HARPS: Low-mass/habitable/transiting planets orbiting M dwarfs

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

Bonfils, X (Autor) Outra; Bouchy, F (Autor) Outra; Delfosse, X (Autor) Outra; Forveille, T (Autor) Outra; Gillon, M (Autor) Outra; Lovis, C (Autor) Outra; Mayor, M (Autor) Outra; Neves, V (Autor) Outra; Pepe, F (Autor) Outra; Perrier, C (Autor) Outra; Queloz, D (Autor) Outra; N.C. Santos (Autor) FCUP; Segransan, D (Autor) Outra; Udry, S (Autor) Outra

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: EPJ Web of Conferences

Conference on Hot Planets and Cool Stars

Garching, 12 November 2012 through 16 November 2012

Indexação

Scopus - 2 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-008-ATB

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20134705004

Abstract (EN): Searching for planets around stars with different masses probes the outcome of planetary formation for different initial conditions. The low-mass M dwarfs are also the most frequent stars in our Galaxy and potentially therefore, the most frequent planet hosts. This has motivated our search for planets around M dwarfs with HARPS. That observing program has now run for almost a decade and detected most of the known low-mass planets orbiting M dwarfs (m sin i < 20 Mâ¦), including the least massive (GJ581e, msini = 1.9 Mâ¦) and the first potentially habitable planets (GJ581c&d GJ667Cc, GJ163c). This proceeding shortly reviews the detections made with HARPS, reports on the occurrence of planets around M dwarfs and how they mesh up with planet formation theory. It also highlights our sensitivity to low-mass habitable planets, the first direct measure of ¿ â¦, and the recent detection of a transiting planet the size of Uranus. © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2013.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica