Spitzer White Dwarf Planet Limits

F. Mullally; Ted von Hippel; D. E. Winget

Spitzer White Dwarf Planet Limits

F. Mullally, Ted von Hippel, D. E. Winget

University of Texas

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Abstract

We present preliminary limits on the presence of planets around white dwarf stars using the IRAC photometer on the Spitzer space telescope. Planets emit strongly in the mid-infrared which allows their presence to be detected as an excess at these wavelengths. We place limits of 5 MJ for 8 stars assuming ages of 1 Gyr, and 10 MJ for 23 stars.We describe our survey, present our results and comment on approaches to improve our methodology.

Original language	American English
Journal	ASP Conference Series
Volume	372
State	Published - Oct 28 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

stars--white dwarfs

Disciplines

Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy

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Spitzer White Dwarf Planet Limits

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