Exoplanet detection. Response to Comment on "Stellar activity masquerading as planets in the habitable zone of the M dwarf Gliese 581".
Anglada-Escudé and Tuomi question the statistical rigor of our analysis while ignoring the stellar activity aspects that we present. Although we agree that improvements in multiparametric radial velocity (RV) modeling are necessary for the detection of Earth-mass planets, the key physical points we raised were not challenged. We maintain that activity on Gliese 581 induces RV shifts that were interpreted as exoplanets.
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. pmr19@psu.edu.
Paul
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Robertson
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. The Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Suvrath
S
Mahadevan
McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1206, USA.
Michael
M
Endl
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. The Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Arpita
A
Roy