SHINE, SPHERE High-contrast ImagiNg survey for Exoplanets

The SHINE survey for SPHERE High-contrast ImagiNg survey for Exoplanets, is a large direct imaging near-infrared survey of 400-600 young, nearby stars carried out in the context of the SPHERE consortium Guaranteed Time Observations representing 200 nights spread between 2015 and 2020. Our scientific goals are to characterize known systems with substellar companions (architecture, orbit, stability, luminosity, atmosphere), to search for new planet and brown dwarf systems using SPHERE’s unprecedented performances, finally to determine the occurrence and orbital and mass function properties of the wide-orbit giant planet and brown dwarf populations as a function of the stellar host mass and age. In this talk, after summarizing the SHINE strategy and current performances after almost 3 years of operation, I will review the breakthrough results obtained so far including the discoveries of new exoplanet/BD companions and disks, the study of the architecture and stability of young planet/brown dwarf systems, and finally the fine characterization of the physical properties and atmospheres of the coolest substellar companions imaged to date.