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    This document analyzes radial velocity (RV) measurements of the star ι Hor taken with the HARPS spectrograph to search for exoplanets. The RV measurements show variations that could be caused by an orbiting planet. Additional indicators of stellar activity, such as the log R'HK index, bisector span (BIS), and line width (FWHM), are plotted against the RV measurements to check for correlations that would indicate the RV variations are caused by stellar activity rather than an orbiting planet. A strong correlation is found between RV and log R'HK, suggesting stellar activity is the source of the observed RV variations in this case.

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    This document analyzes radial velocity (RV) measurements of the star ι Hor taken with the HARPS spectrograph to search for exoplanets. The RV measurements show variations that could be caused by an orbiting planet. Additional indicators of stellar activity, such as the log R'HK index, bisector span (BIS), and line width (FWHM), are plotted against the RV measurements to check for correlations that would indicate the RV variations are caused by stellar activity rather than an orbiting planet. A strong correlation is found between RV and log R'HK, suggesting stellar activity is the source of the observed RV variations in this case.

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    This document analyzes radial velocity (RV) measurements of the star ι Hor taken with the HARPS spectrograph to search for exoplanets. The RV measurements show variations that could be caused by an orbiting planet. Additional indicators of stellar activity, such as the log R'HK index, bisector span (BIS), and line width (FWHM), are plotted against the RV measurements to check for correlations that would indicate the RV variations are caused by stellar activity rather than an orbiting planet. A strong correlation is found between RV and log R'HK, suggesting stellar activity is the source of the observed RV variations in this case.

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    M. Zechmeister et al.: The planet search programme at the ESO CES and HARPS. IV.

    50
    ι Hor
    40
    30
    20
    RV [m/s]

    10
    0
    -10
    -20
    -30
    2800 3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400
    JD - 2450000
    -4.56 50
    ι Hor ι Hor
    -4.58 40 168 m/s/dex
    -4.6 30
    -4.62 20

    RV [m/s]
    log R’HK

    -4.64 10
    -4.66 0
    -4.68 -10
    -4.7 -20
    -4.72 -30
    2800 3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400 -4.72 -4.7 -4.68 -4.66 -4.64 -4.62 -4.6 -4.58 -4.56
    JD - 2450000 log R’HK
    60 50
    ι Hor ι Hor
    40 -0.65 m/s/(m/s)
    50
    30
    40
    20
    BIS [m/s]

    RV [m/s]

    30 10
    0
    20
    -10
    10
    -20
    0 -30
    2800 3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
    JD - 2450000 BIS [m/s]
    9.98 50
    ι Hor ι Hor
    40 207 m/s/(km/s)
    9.96
    30
    9.94
    FWHM [km/s]

    20
    RV [m/s]

    9.92 10
    0
    9.9
    -10
    9.88
    -20
    9.86 -30
    2800 3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400 9.86 9.88 9.9 9.92 9.94 9.96 9.98
    JD - 2450000 FWHM [km/s]
    Fig. B.10. Activity indictors and correlations with HARPS RVs for the ι Hor residuals (2 h binned data, secular acceleration substracted, see
    Sect. 4.1).

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