CARMENES as an Instrument for Exoplanet Research
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| author | Caballero, José A. Seifert, Walter Quirrenbach, Andreas Amado, Pedro J. Ribas, Ignasi Reiners, Ansgar |
| author_facet | Caballero, José A. Seifert, Walter Quirrenbach, Andreas Amado, Pedro J. Ribas, Ignasi Reiners, Ansgar |
| contents | CARMENES stands for Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Échelle Spectrographs. CARMENES took six years from a concept to the start of operations, and a couple more years of initial data collection until the first science publication, but now is revolutionising our knowledge on exoplanets and their stars in our immediate vicinity. Here we describe what CARMENES is: (i) an ultra-stabilised two-channel spectrograph at an almost dedicated 3.5 m telescope in southern Spain that covers in high spectral resolution and without big gaps from 0.52 mum to 1.71 mum; (ii) a science project aimed at comprehensively searching for and studying planetary systems with nearby, bright, M-dwarf hosts, but that also investigates transiting planets around other stars; and (iii) the German-Spanish consortium that designed and built the instrument and that has operated it under guaranteed and legacy time observations. |
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| spellingShingle | CARMENES as an Instrument for Exoplanet Research Caballero, José A. Seifert, Walter Quirrenbach, Andreas Amado, Pedro J. Ribas, Ignasi Reiners, Ansgar Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics CARMENES stands for Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Échelle Spectrographs. CARMENES took six years from a concept to the start of operations, and a couple more years of initial data collection until the first science publication, but now is revolutionising our knowledge on exoplanets and their stars in our immediate vicinity. Here we describe what CARMENES is: (i) an ultra-stabilised two-channel spectrograph at an almost dedicated 3.5 m telescope in southern Spain that covers in high spectral resolution and without big gaps from 0.52 mum to 1.71 mum; (ii) a science project aimed at comprehensively searching for and studying planetary systems with nearby, bright, M-dwarf hosts, but that also investigates transiting planets around other stars; and (iii) the German-Spanish consortium that designed and built the instrument and that has operated it under guaranteed and legacy time observations. |
| title | CARMENES as an Instrument for Exoplanet Research |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05501 |