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Wilson Liu (IPAC) : WISE-discovered Debris Disk Candidates in the Solar Neighborhood

March

The WISE mission has provided a list of candidate debris disk stars in the solar neighborhood. This list provides a new sample of field stars which are ideal for direct imaging searches for planetary companions. I will discuss the process we have used to identify these sources in the WISE Catalog, as well as major findings associated with the sample. I will also present preliminary results from follow-up observations.

Date: March 13th, 2013

Location: MR LCR