CONSTRAINTS ON LONG-PERIOD PLANETS FROM AN L′- AND M-BAND SURVEY OF NEARBY SUN-LIKE STARS: OBSERVATIONS

@article{Heinze2010CONSTRAINTSOL,  title={CONSTRAINTS ON LONG-PERIOD PLANETS FROM AN L′- AND M-BAND SURVEY OF NEARBY SUN-LIKE STARS: OBSERVATIONS},  author={Aren N. Heinze and Philip M. Hinz and Suresh Sivanandam and Matthew A. Kenworthy and Michael R. Meyer and Doug L. Miller},  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},  year={2010},  volume={714},  pages={1551 - 1569},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119199321}}
We present the observational results of an L′- and M-band adaptive optics imaging survey of 54 nearby, Sun-like stars for extrasolar planets, carried out using the Clio camera on the MMT. We have concentrated more strongly than all other planet-imaging surveys to date on very nearby F, G, and K stars, prioritizing stellar proximity higher than youth. Ours is also the first survey to include extensive observations in the M band, which supplement the primary L′ observations. Models predict much… 

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