CARMENES: Calar Alto high-resolution search for M dwarfs with exo-earths with a near-infrared Echelle spectrograph

A. Quirrenbach; P. J. Amado; H. Mandel; J. A. Caballero; R. Mundt; I. Ribas; A. Reiners; M. Abril; J. Aceituno; C. Afonso; D. Barrado y Navascues; J. L. Bean; V. J. S. Béjar; S. Becerril; A. Böhm; M. C. Cárdenas; A. Claret; J. Colomé; L. P. Costillo; S. Dreizler; M. Fernández; X. Francisco; D. Galadí; R. Garrido; J. I. González Hernández; J. Guàrdia; E. W. Guenther; F. Gutiérrez-Soto; V. Joergens; A. P. Hatzes; J. Helmling; T. Henning; E. Herrero; M. Kürster; W. Laun; R. Lenzen; U. Mall; E. L. Martin; S. Martín-Ruiz; E. Mirabet; D. Montes; J. C. Morales; R. Morales Muñoz; A. Moya; V. Naranjo; O. Rabaza; A. Ramón; R. Rebolo; S. Reffert; F. Rodler; E. Rodríguez; A. Rodríguez Trinidad; R. R. Rohloff; M. A. Sánchez Carrasco; C. Schmidt; W. Seifert; J. Setiawan; E. Solano; O. Stahl; C. Storz; J. C. Suárez; U. Thiele; K. Wagner; G. Wiedemann; M. R. Zapatero Osorio; C. del Burgo; E. Sánchez-Blanco; W. Xu

doi:10.1117/12.857777

15 July 2010 CARMENES: Calar Alto high-resolution search for M dwarfs with exo-earths with a near-infrared Echelle spectrograph

A. Quirrenbach, P. J. Amado, H. Mandel, J. A. Caballero, R. Mundt, I. Ribas, A. Reiners, M. Abril, J. Aceituno, C. Afonso, D. Barrado y Navascues, J. L. Bean, V. J. S. Béjar, S. Becerril, A. Böhm, M. C. Cárdenas, A. Claret, J. Colomé, L. P. Costillo, S. Dreizler, M. Fernández, X. Francisco, D. Galadí, R. Garrido, J. I. González Hernández, J. Guàrdia, E. W. Guenther, F. Gutiérrez-Soto, V. Joergens, A. P. Hatzes, J. Helmling, T. Henning, E. Herrero, M. Kürster, W. Laun, R. Lenzen, U. Mall, E. L. Martin, S. Martín-Ruiz, E. Mirabet, D. Montes, J. C. Morales, R. Morales Muñoz, A. Moya, V. Naranjo, O. Rabaza, A. Ramón, R. Rebolo, S. Reffert, F. Rodler, E. Rodríguez, A. Rodríguez Trinidad, R. R. Rohloff, M. A. Sánchez Carrasco, C. Schmidt, W. Seifert, J. Setiawan, E. Solano, O. Stahl, C. Storz, J. C. Suárez, U. Thiele, K. Wagner, G. Wiedemann, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, C. del Burgo, E. Sánchez-Blanco, W. Xu

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Proceedings Volume 7735, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III; 773513 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857777
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exo-earths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs) is a next-generation instrument to be built for the 3.5m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory by a consortium of Spanish and German institutions. Conducting a five-year exoplanet survey targeting ~ 300 M stars with the completed instrument is an integral part of the project. The CARMENES instrument consists of two separate spectrographs covering the wavelength range from 0.52 to 1.7 μm at a spectral resolution of R = 85, 000, fed by fibers from the Cassegrain focus of the telescope. The spectrographs are housed in a temperature-stabilized environment in vacuum tanks, to enable a 1m/s radial velocity precision employing a simultaneous ThAr calibration.

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A. Quirrenbach, P. J. Amado, H. Mandel, J. A. Caballero, R. Mundt, I. Ribas, A. Reiners, M. Abril, J. Aceituno, C. Afonso, D. Barrado y Navascues, J. L. Bean, V. J. S. Béjar, S. Becerril, A. Böhm, M. C. Cárdenas, A. Claret, J. Colomé, L. P. Costillo, S. Dreizler, M. Fernández, X. Francisco, D. Galadí, R. Garrido, J. I. González Hernández, J. Guàrdia, E. W. Guenther, F. Gutiérrez-Soto, V. Joergens, A. P. Hatzes, J. Helmling, T. Henning, E. Herrero, M. Kürster, W. Laun, R. Lenzen, U. Mall, E. L. Martin, S. Martín-Ruiz, E. Mirabet, D. Montes, J. C. Morales, R. Morales Muñoz, A. Moya, V. Naranjo, O. Rabaza, A. Ramón, R. Rebolo, S. Reffert, F. Rodler, E. Rodríguez, A. Rodríguez Trinidad, R. R. Rohloff, M. A. Sánchez Carrasco, C. Schmidt, W. Seifert, J. Setiawan, E. Solano, O. Stahl, C. Storz, J. C. Suárez, U. Thiele, K. Wagner, G. Wiedemann, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, C. del Burgo, E. Sánchez-Blanco, and W. Xu "CARMENES: Calar Alto high-resolution search for M dwarfs with exo-earths with a near-infrared Echelle spectrograph", Proc. SPIE 7735, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III, 773513 (15 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857777

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