• DOI:10.1088/2041-8205/720/1/L82
Corpus ID: 119257506

THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: DISCOVERY OF A CLOSE SUBSTELLAR COMPANION TO THE YOUNG DEBRIS DISK STAR PZ Tel*

@article{Biller2010THEGN,
  title={THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: DISCOVERY OF A CLOSE SUBSTELLAR COMPANION TO THE YOUNG DEBRIS DISK STAR PZ Tel*},
  author={B. Biller and M. Liu and Z. Wahhaj and E. Nielsen and L. Close and T. Dupuy and T. Hayward and A. Burrows and Mark Chun and C. Ftaclas and F. Clarke and M. Hartung and J. Males and I. Reid and E. Shkolnik and A. Skemer and M. Tecza and N. Thatte and S. Alencar and P. Artymowicz and A. Boss and E. D. Pino and J. Gregorio-Hetem and S. Ida and M. Kuchner and D. Lin and D. Toomey},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2010},
  volume={720}
}

B. Biller, M. Liu, +24 authors D. Toomey

Published 2010

Physics

The Astrophysical Journal

We report the discovery of a tight substellar companion to the young solar analog PZ Tel, a member of the β Pic moving group observed with high-contrast adaptive optics imaging as part of the Gemini Near-Infrared Coronagraphic Imager Planet-Finding Campaign. The companion was detected at a projected separation of 16.4 ± 1.0 AU (033 ± 001) in 2009 April. Second-epoch observations in 2010 May demonstrate that the companion is physically associated and shows significant orbital motion. Monte Carlo… CONTINUE READING

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