| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 16, 2011
Research, Science and Technology of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets: Proceedings of an International Conference held in Shangai on Occasion of a Total Eclipse of the Sun
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| Article Number | 02004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Radial Velocities | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111602004 | |
| Published online | 18 July 2011 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111602004
The Calan-Hertfordshire extrasolar planet search
1 Departamento de Astronomo, Universidad de Chile, Camino el Observatorio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile Casilla 36-D, Chile
2 Centre for Astrophysics, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK
3 Torun Centre for Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 11, 87-100 Torun, Poland
a e-mail: jjenkins@das.uchile.cl
The detailed study of the exoplanetary systems HD189733 and HD209458 has given rise to a wealth of exciting information on the physics of exoplanetary atmospheres. To further our understanding of the make-up and processes within these atmospheres we require a larger sample of bright transiting planets. We have began a project to detect more bright transiting planets in the southern hemisphere by utilising precision radial-velocity measurements. We have observed a constrained sample of bright, inactive and metal-rich stars using the HARPS instrument and here we present the current status of this project, along with our first discoveries which include a brown dwarf/extreme-Jovian exoplanet found in the brown dwarf desert region around the star HD191760 and improved orbits for three other exoplanetary systems HD48265, HD143361 and HD154672. Finally, we briefly discuss the future of this project and the current prospects we have for discovering more bright transiting planets.
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