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CARMENES: M dwarfs and their planets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

A. Quirrenbach ,
P.J. Amado ,
J.A. Caballero ,
H. Mandel ,
R. Mundt ,
A. Reiners ,
I. Ribas ,
W. Seifert ,
M. Azzaro  and
D. Galadí
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A. Quirrenbach
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
P.J. Amado
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, E-18008 Granada, Spain
J.A. Caballero
Affiliation:
Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Campus ESAC, PO Box 78, E-28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
H. Mandel
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
R. Mundt
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
A. Reiners
Affiliation:
Institut für Astrophysik (IAG), Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
I. Ribas
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Facultat Ciències, Torre C5 - parell - 2a planta, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
W. Seifert
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
M. Azzaro
Affiliation:
Calar Alto Observatory (MPG-CSIC), Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, Jesús Durbán Remón, 2-2, E-04004 Almería, Spain
D. Galadí
Affiliation:
Calar Alto Observatory (MPG-CSIC), Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, Jesús Durbán Remón, 2-2, E-04004 Almería, Spain
the CARMENES Consortium
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, E-18008 Granada, Spain Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Campus ESAC, PO Box 78, E-28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Institut für Astrophysik (IAG), Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Facultat Ciències, Torre C5 - parell - 2a planta, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Calar Alto Observatory (MPG-CSIC), Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, Jesús Durbán Remón, 2-2, E-04004 Almería, Spain Departamento de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Vía Láctea s/n, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, and Dept. Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Hamburger Sternwarte, Gojenbergsweg 112, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
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Abstract

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CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exo-earths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs) is a new instrument currently undergoing commissioning at the 3.5 m telescope of the Calar Alto Observatory. It has been constructed by a consortium of eleven Spanish and German institutions. The scientific goal of the project is a 600-night radial-velocity survey targeting 300 M dwarfs with sufficient precision to detect terrestrial planets in their habitable zones. The CARMENES instrument consists of two separate échelle spectrographs covering the wavelength range from 0.55 to 1.7 μm at a spectral resolution of R = 82,000, fed by fibers from the Cassegrain focus of the telescope. Both spectrographs are housed in a temperature-stabilized environment in vacuum tanks, to enable a long-term radial velocity precision of 1 m s−1. The wavelength calibration will be done with Th-Ne and U-Ne emission line lamps, and with Fabry-Pérot etalons.

Keywords

Planetary SystemsSpectrographs
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S320: Solar and Stellar Flares and their Effects on Planets , August 2015 , pp. 388 - 390
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

References

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Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P.J., Seifert, W., et al. (2012). CARMENES. I: Instrument and survey overview. In Ground-based and airborne instrumentation for astronomy IV. Eds. McLean, I.S., Ramsay, S.K., & Takami, H., SPIE 84460RGoogle Scholar