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The CARMENES Survey: A Search for Terrestrial Planets in the Habitable Zones of M Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

A. Quirrenbach ,
P. J. Amado ,
J. A. Caballero ,
H. Mandel ,
R. Mundt ,
A. Reiners ,
I. Ribas ,
M. A. Sánchez Carrasco ,
W. Seifert  and
M. Azzaro
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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
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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CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exo-earths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs) is a next-generation instrument under construction for the 3.5 m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory by a consortium of eleven Spanish and German institutions. The scientific goal of the project is a five-year exoplanet survey targeting 300 M stars with the completed instrument. The CARMENES hardware 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 employing a simultaneous calibration with Th-Ne and U-Ne emission line lamps.

Keywords

(stars:) planetary systems — instrumentation: spectrographs — techniques: radial velocities — surveys — stars: late-type — stars: activity — astrobiology
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S293: Formation, Detection, and Characterization of Extrasolar Habitable Planets , August 2012 , pp. 177 - 182
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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