LEECH: A 100 night exoplanet imaging survey at the LBT

Andrew Skemer; Daniel Apai; Vanessa Bailey; Beth Biller; Mickael Bonnefoy; Wolfgang Brandner; Esther Buenzli; Laird Close; Justin Crepp; Denis Defrere; Silvano Desidera; Josh Eisner; Simone Esposito; Jonathan Fortney; Thomas Henning; Phil Hinz; Karl Heinz Hofmann; Jarron Leisenring; Jared Males; Rafael Millan-Gabet; Katie Morzinski; Apurva Oza; Ilaria Pascucci; Jenny Patience; George Rieke; Dieter Schertl; Joshua Schlieder; Mike Skrutskie; Kate Su; Gerd Weigelt; Charles E. Woodward; Neil Zimmerman

doi:10.1017/S1743921313007928

LEECH: A 100 night exoplanet imaging survey at the LBT

Andrew Skemer
, Daniel Apai
, Vanessa Bailey
, Beth Biller
, Mickael Bonnefoy
, Wolfgang Brandner
, Esther Buenzli
, Laird Close
, Justin Crepp
, Denis Defrere
, Silvano Desidera
, Josh Eisner
, Simone Esposito
, Jonathan Fortney
, Thomas Henning
, Phil Hinz
, Karl Heinz Hofmann
, Jarron Leisenring
, Jared Males
, Rafael Millan-Gabet

Katie Morzinski, Apurva Oza, Ilaria Pascucci, Jenny Patience, George Rieke, Dieter Schertl, Joshua Schlieder, Mike Skrutskie, Kate Su, Gerd Weigelt, Charles E. Woodward, Neil Zimmerman

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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)
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	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921313007928
State	Published - Jun 2013

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Name	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Number	S299
Volume	8
ISSN (Print)	1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)	1743-9221

Keywords

(stars:) planetary systems
Instrumentation: adaptive optics
Surveys

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Skemer, A., Apai, D., Bailey, V., Biller, B., Bonnefoy, M., Brandner, W., Buenzli, E., Close, L., Crepp, J., Defrere, D., Desidera, S., Eisner, J., Esposito, S., Fortney, J., Henning, T., Hinz, P., Hofmann, K. H., Leisenring, J., Males, J., ... Zimmerman, N. (2013). LEECH: A 100 night exoplanet imaging survey at the LBT. In Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (S299 ed., pp. 70-71). (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 8, No. S299). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921313007928

LEECH: A 100 night exoplanet imaging survey at the LBT. / Skemer, Andrew; Apai, Daniel; Bailey, Vanessa et al.
Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems. S299. ed. Cambridge University Press, 2013. p. 70-71 (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 8, No. S299).

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Skemer, A, Apai, D, Bailey, V, Biller, B, Bonnefoy, M, Brandner, W, Buenzli, E, Close, L, Crepp, J, Defrere, D, Desidera, S, Eisner, J, Esposito, S, Fortney, J, Henning, T, Hinz, P, Hofmann, KH, Leisenring, J, Males, J, Millan-Gabet, R, Morzinski, K, Oza, A, Pascucci, I, Patience, J, Rieke, G, Schertl, D, Schlieder, J, Skrutskie, M, Su, K, Weigelt, G, Woodward, CE & Zimmerman, N 2013, LEECH: A 100 night exoplanet imaging survey at the LBT. in Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems. S299 edn, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, no. S299, vol. 8, Cambridge University Press, pp. 70-71. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921313007928

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