CARMENES – M Dwarfs and their Planets: First Results

CARMENES – M Dwarfs and their Planets: First Results

CARMENES is a pair of high-resolution (R ≳ 80, 000) spectrographs covering the wavelength range from 0.52 to 1.71 μm with only small gaps. The instrument has been optimized for precise radial velocity measurements. It was installed and commissioned at the 3.5 m telescope of the Calar Alto observator...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2016-10, Vol.12 (S328), p.46-53
Hauptverfasser: Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P.J., Ribas, I., Reiners, A., Caballero, J.A., Seifert, W., Zechmeister, M.
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Sprache:eng
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Astronomy
Contributed Papers
High resolution
Radial velocity
Red dwarf stars
Spectrographs
Velocity
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Zusammenfassung:CARMENES is a pair of high-resolution (R ≳ 80, 000) spectrographs covering the wavelength range from 0.52 to 1.71 μm with only small gaps. The instrument has been optimized for precise radial velocity measurements. It was installed and commissioned at the 3.5 m telescope of the Calar Alto observatory in Southern Spain in 2015. The first large science program of CARMENES is a survey of ~300 M dwarfs, which started on Jan 1, 2016. We present an overview of the instrument, and provide a few examples of early science results.
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921317004070