Status of the Calan-Hertfordshire Extrasolar Planet Search

Jenkins, James S.; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Rojo, Patricio; Tuomi, Mikko; Jones, Matias I.; Murgas, F.; Barnes, John R.; Pavlenko, Yakiv; Ivanyuk, Oleksiy; Jordán, Andres; Day-Jones, Avril C.; Ruiz, Maria-Teresa; Pinfield, David J.
Bibliographical reference

Hot Planets and Cool Stars, Garching, Germany, Edited by Roberto Saglia; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 47, id.05001

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2013
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13
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1
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4
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3
Description
In these proceedings we give a status update of the Calan-Hertfordshire Extrasolar Planet Search, an international collaboration led from Chile that aims to discover more planets around super metal-rich and Sun-like stars, and then follow these up with precision photometry to hunt for new bright transit planets. We highlight some results from this program, including exoplanet and brown dwarf discoveries, and a possible correlation between metallicity and planetary minimum mass at the lowest planetary masses detectable. Finally we discuss the short-term and long-term future pathways this program can take.