Search for Radio Emission from Extrasolar Planets: Preliminary Analysis of GMRT Data

In early 2005, we began an observation campaign at the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to search for radio emission from extrasolar planets. At the operating RF of 150 MHz, we have determined that the GMRT has a sensitivity of 2 mJy over a bandwidth of 5 MHz and integration time of one hour. In this paper, we briefly discuss our target list, observational strategies, and our data analysis techniques. We also present some very preliminary results obtained from both our calibration runs of 2004 and the newly obtained data sets in 2005.