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CARMENES: Blue Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

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
M. A. Sánchez Carrasco
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, E-18008 Granada, 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) will conduct a radial-velocity survey of ~ 300 M dwarfs with the 3.5m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory. The CARMENES instrument is currently under construction; it consists of two independent échelle spectrographs, which together cover the wavelength range 0.55 – 1.7μm at a spectral resolution of R = 82,000. The spectrographs and the fiber input are designed with a goal of 1m/s radial velocity precision using simultaneous calibration with emission-line lamps.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

References

Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Mandel, H., et al. (2010). CARMENES: Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exo-earths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs. In Ground-based and airborne instrumentation for astronomy III. Eds. McLean, I. S., Ramsay, S. K., & Takami, H., SPIE 773513, p. 114Google Scholar
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 84460R, p. 113Google Scholar