Korean-Japanese Planet Search Program: Search for Planets around G-type Giants

  • Published : 2010.04.06

Abstract

Korean-Japanese Planet Search Program has been carried out since 2005 to search for planets around intermediate-mass giant stars (1.5-5.0 solar masses) by an international collaboration between Korean and Japanese researchers. In this program, we have been carrying out a precise radial velocity survey of about 190 G-type giant stars (6.21.9 solar masses) giant stars. These results extend the planet mass distribution of massive intermediate-mass stars to higher and lower mass region, and may further constrain substellar system formation mechanisms. We report the recent results and current status of Korean-Japanese Planet Search Program.

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