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CARMENES – M Dwarfs and their Planets: First Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2017

A. Quirrenbach ,
P.J. Amado ,
I. Ribas ,
A. Reiners ,
J.A. Caballero ,
W. Seifert ,
M. Zechmeister  and
the CARMENES Consortium
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
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
A. Reiners
Affiliation:
Institut für Astrophysik (IAG), Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
J.A. Caballero
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
W. Seifert
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
M. Zechmeister
Affiliation:
Institut für Astrophysik (IAG), Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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 Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Facultat Ciències, Torre C5 - parell - 2a planta, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Institut für Astrophysik (IAG), Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Campus ESAC, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n, E-28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, 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 Dept. Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Hamburger Sternwarte, Gojenbergsweg 112, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
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Abstract

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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.

Keywords

planetary systemsstars: late-typesurveysinstrumentation: spectrographstechniques: radial velocitiestechniques: spectroscopic
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 12 , Symposium S328: Living Around Active Stars , October 2016 , pp. 46 - 53
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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