Wednesday, January 18, 2012

1201.3537 (R. Neuhäuser et al.)

Direct Imaging of Extra-solar Planets - Homogeneous Comparison of Detected Planets and Candidates    [PDF]

R. Neuhäuser, T. O. B. Schmidt
Searching the literature, we found 25 stars with directly imaged planets and candidates. We gathered photometric and spectral information for all these objects to derive their luminosities in a homogeneous way, taking a bolometric correction into account. Using theoretical evolutionary models, one can then estimate the mass from luminosity, temperature, and age. According to our mass estimates, all of them can have a mass below 25 Jup masses, so that they are considered as planets.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.3537

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