The HARPS search for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone

2011/08/24 by F. Pepe, C. Lovis, D. Ségransan +7 · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.EP

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117055

18 pages, 22 figures, accepted by A&A on 15/08/2011 with reference AA/2011/17055. Radial velocity data will be available through CDS

arxiv created 2011/08/24 · openalex publication_date 2011/08/29 · arxiv updated 2015/05/29 · openalex created_date 2022/08/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Context. In 2009 we started an intense radial-velocity monitoring of a few nearby, slowly-rotating and quiet solar-type stars within the dedicated HARPS-Upgrade GTO program.

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