Abstract
In February 2013, the LEECH (LBTI Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt) survey began its 100-night campaign from the Large Binocular Telescope atop Mount Graham in Arizona. LEECH neatly complements other high-contrast planet imaging efforts by observing stars in L' band (3.8 microns) as opposed to the shorter wavelength near-infrared bands (1-2.3 microns). This part of the spectrum offers deeper mass sensitivity for intermediate age (several hundred Myr-old) systems, since their Jovian-mass planets radiate predominantly in the mid-infrared. In this proceedings, we present the science goals for LEECH and a preliminary contrast curve from some early data.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 70-71 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Edition | S299 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781107045200 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2013 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union |
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| Number | S299 |
| Volume | 8 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1743-9213 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1743-9221 |
Keywords
- (stars:) planetary systems
- Instrumentation: adaptive optics
- Surveys
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