Limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the Murchison Widefield Array

We present the results of a survey for low-frequency radio emission from 17 known exoplanetary systems with the Murchison Widefield Array. This sample includes 13 systems that have not previously been targeted with radio observations. We detected no radio emission at 154 MHz, and put 3σ upper limits...

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Main Authors: Murphy, T., Bell, M., Kaplan, D., Gaensler, B., Offringa, A., Lenc, E., Hurley-Walker, N., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R., Corey, B., Deshpande, A., Emrich, D., Goeke, R., Greenhill, L., Hazelton, B., Hewitt, J., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kasper, J., Kratzenberg, E., Lonsdale, C., Lynch, Mervyn, McWhirter, S., Mitchell, D., Morales, M., Morgan, E., Oberoi, D., Ord, Stephen, Prabu, T., Rogers, A., Roshi, D., Shankar, N., Srivani, K., Subrahmanyan, R., Tingay, Steven, Waterson, M., Wayth, Randall, Webster, R., Whitney, A., Williams, A., Williams, C.
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Published: OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25218
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author Murphy, T.
Bell, M.
Kaplan, D.
Gaensler, B.
Offringa, A.
Lenc, E.
Hurley-Walker, N.
Bernardi, G.
Bowman, J.
Briggs, F.
Cappallo, R.
Corey, B.
Deshpande, A.
Emrich, D.
Goeke, R.
Greenhill, L.
Hazelton, B.
Hewitt, J.
Johnston-Hollitt, M.
Kasper, J.
Kratzenberg, E.
Lonsdale, C.
Lynch, Mervyn
McWhirter, S.
Mitchell, D.
Morales, M.
Morgan, E.
Oberoi, D.
Ord, Stephen
Prabu, T.
Rogers, A.
Roshi, D.
Shankar, N.
Srivani, K.
Subrahmanyan, R.
Tingay, Steven
Waterson, M.
Wayth, Randall
Webster, R.
Whitney, A.
Williams, A.
Williams, C.
author_facet Murphy, T.
Bell, M.
Kaplan, D.
Gaensler, B.
Offringa, A.
Lenc, E.
Hurley-Walker, N.
Bernardi, G.
Bowman, J.
Briggs, F.
Cappallo, R.
Corey, B.
Deshpande, A.
Emrich, D.
Goeke, R.
Greenhill, L.
Hazelton, B.
Hewitt, J.
Johnston-Hollitt, M.
Kasper, J.
Kratzenberg, E.
Lonsdale, C.
Lynch, Mervyn
McWhirter, S.
Mitchell, D.
Morales, M.
Morgan, E.
Oberoi, D.
Ord, Stephen
Prabu, T.
Rogers, A.
Roshi, D.
Shankar, N.
Srivani, K.
Subrahmanyan, R.
Tingay, Steven
Waterson, M.
Wayth, Randall
Webster, R.
Whitney, A.
Williams, A.
Williams, C.
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description We present the results of a survey for low-frequency radio emission from 17 known exoplanetary systems with the Murchison Widefield Array. This sample includes 13 systems that have not previously been targeted with radio observations. We detected no radio emission at 154 MHz, and put 3σ upper limits in the range 15.2–112.5 mJy on this emission. We also searched for circularly polarized emission and made no detections, obtaining 3σ upper limits in the range 3.4–49.9 mJy. These are comparable with the best low-frequency radio limits in the existing literature and translate to luminosity limits of between 1.2 × 1014 and 1.4 × 1017 W if the emission is assumed to be 100 per cent circularly polarized. These are the first results from a larger program to systematically search for exoplanetary emission with the MWA.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-252182017-09-13T15:22:17Z Limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the Murchison Widefield Array Murphy, T. Bell, M. Kaplan, D. Gaensler, B. Offringa, A. Lenc, E. Hurley-Walker, N. Bernardi, G. Bowman, J. Briggs, F. Cappallo, R. Corey, B. Deshpande, A. Emrich, D. Goeke, R. Greenhill, L. Hazelton, B. Hewitt, J. Johnston-Hollitt, M. Kasper, J. Kratzenberg, E. Lonsdale, C. Lynch, Mervyn McWhirter, S. Mitchell, D. Morales, M. Morgan, E. Oberoi, D. Ord, Stephen Prabu, T. Rogers, A. Roshi, D. Shankar, N. Srivani, K. Subrahmanyan, R. Tingay, Steven Waterson, M. Wayth, Randall Webster, R. Whitney, A. Williams, A. Williams, C. We present the results of a survey for low-frequency radio emission from 17 known exoplanetary systems with the Murchison Widefield Array. This sample includes 13 systems that have not previously been targeted with radio observations. We detected no radio emission at 154 MHz, and put 3σ upper limits in the range 15.2–112.5 mJy on this emission. We also searched for circularly polarized emission and made no detections, obtaining 3σ upper limits in the range 3.4–49.9 mJy. These are comparable with the best low-frequency radio limits in the existing literature and translate to luminosity limits of between 1.2 × 1014 and 1.4 × 1017 W if the emission is assumed to be 100 per cent circularly polarized. These are the first results from a larger program to systematically search for exoplanetary emission with the MWA. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25218 10.1093/mnras/stu2253 OXFORD UNIV PRESS fulltext
spellingShingle Murphy, T.
Bell, M.
Kaplan, D.
Gaensler, B.
Offringa, A.
Lenc, E.
Hurley-Walker, N.
Bernardi, G.
Bowman, J.
Briggs, F.
Cappallo, R.
Corey, B.
Deshpande, A.
Emrich, D.
Goeke, R.
Greenhill, L.
Hazelton, B.
Hewitt, J.
Johnston-Hollitt, M.
Kasper, J.
Kratzenberg, E.
Lonsdale, C.
Lynch, Mervyn
McWhirter, S.
Mitchell, D.
Morales, M.
Morgan, E.
Oberoi, D.
Ord, Stephen
Prabu, T.
Rogers, A.
Roshi, D.
Shankar, N.
Srivani, K.
Subrahmanyan, R.
Tingay, Steven
Waterson, M.
Wayth, Randall
Webster, R.
Whitney, A.
Williams, A.
Williams, C.
Limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the Murchison Widefield Array
title Limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the Murchison Widefield Array
title_full Limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the Murchison Widefield Array
title_fullStr Limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the Murchison Widefield Array
title_full_unstemmed Limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the Murchison Widefield Array
title_short Limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the Murchison Widefield Array
title_sort limits on low-frequency radio emission from southern exoplanets with the murchison widefield array
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25218