International Deep Planet Survey results

We used Monte-Carlo simulations and the Bayesian' theorem to determine that 1.05% (+2.80% and -0.70%) of stars harbor at least one giant planet between 0.5 and 14M_{Jup}_, and between 20 and 300AU. This result is obtained assuming uniform distributions of planet masses and semi-major axes. If we consider power law distributions as measured for close-in planets instead, the derived frequency is 2.30% (+5.95% and -1.55%), reminding the strong impact of assumptions on Monte-Carlo output distributions.

We also find no evidence that the derived frequency depends on the mass of the hosting star whereas it does for close-in planets. The international deep planet survey provides a database of confirmed background sources that may be useful for other exoplanet direct imaging surveys. It also puts new constraints on the number of stars with at least one giant planet reducing by a factor of two the frequencies derived by almost all previous works.