PRACS

Planets Revealed Around Cool Stars

Coordinatore	THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION    more  Organization address address: COLLEGE LANE city: HATFIELD postcode: AL10 9AB contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: David James Cognome: Pinfield Email: send email Telefono: +44 1707 284171 Fax: +44 1707 284185
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	164˙061 €
EC contributo	164˙061 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-04-01   -   2010-03-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION  Organization address address: COLLEGE LANE city: HATFIELD postcode: AL10 9AB contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: David James Cognome: Pinfield Email: send email Telefono: +44 1707 284171 Fax: +44 1707 284185	UK (HATFIELD)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'This proposal will bring the Spanish IEF from the USA to the UK to work on a project whose primary goal is to directly image extra-solar planets for the very first time. The project is leading the way with this aim, by identifying young nearby cool stars (late M and L dwarfs) in kinematically distinct 'moving groups'. The proximity, youth, and intrinsic faintness of these populations make them the best targets for planet imaging using new cutting edge adaptive optics (AO) techniques. This exciting new sample will allow Jupiter mass planets to be detected at 1AU separation (earth-Sun distance) from their host stars. The programme has alread been awarded substantial amounts of high priority observations on large telescopes, so it is ready to move forward. By employing the latest AO, and also new infrared radial velocity instrumentation (being developed by members of the supervisory team), the project also aims to reveal multiple planetary systems around cool stars, and revolutionise current understanding of planets beyond the solar system.'