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Radio cyclotron emission from extra-solar planets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

Alexis Smith*
Affiliation:
SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. AndrewsSt. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BX, UK
Andrew Cameron
Affiliation:
SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. AndrewsSt. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BX, UK
Jane Greaves
Affiliation:
SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. AndrewsSt. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BX, UK
Moira Jardine
Affiliation:
SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. AndrewsSt. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BX, UK
Glen Langston
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV 24944, USA
Donald Backer
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Abstract

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We present results from an attempt to detect radio emission from the interaction between a transiting extra-solar planet and its host star. We determine a new upper limit of 47 mJy on the radio flux density from HD 189733b, in the frequency range 327–347 MHz.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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