CARMENES: Blue Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs. Issue Volume 8:Issue S299(2013) (6th January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Quirrenbach, A.; Amado, P. J.; Caballero, J. A.; Mandel, H.; Mundt, R.; Reiners, A.; Ribas, I.; Carrasco, M. A. Sánchez; Seifert, W.; Azzaro, M.; Galadí, D.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 8:Issue S299(2013)
• Page Start: 395
• Page End: 396
• Publication Date: 2014-01-06
• Subjects: instrumentation: spectrographs, -- techniques: radial velocities, -- stars: late-type, -- (stars:) planetary systems; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S1743921313009071
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: CARMENES (C alarA lto high-R esolution search forM dwarfs withE xo-earths withN ear-infrared and opticalE chelleS pectrographs) 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.