CARMENES: Calar Alto High-Resolution Search for M Dwarfs with Exo-earths with a Near-infrared Echelle Spectrograph

Quirrenbach, A.; Amado, P. J.; Mandel, H.; Caballero, J. A.; Ribas, I.; Reiners, A.; Mundt, R.; CARMENES Consortium
Bibliographical reference

Pathways Towards Habitable Planets, proceedings of a workshop held 14 to 18 September 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. Edited by Vincent Coudé du Foresto, Dawn M. Gelino, and Ignasi Ribas. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p.521

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2010
Number of authors
8
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
16
Refereed citations
10
Description
CARMENES, Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exo-earths with a Near-infrared Echelle Spectrograph, is a study for a next-generation instrument for the 3.5 m Calar Alto Telescope to be designed, built, integrated, and operated by a consortium of nine German and Spanish institutions. Our main objective is finding habitable exoplanets around M dwarfs, which will be achieved by radial velocity measurements on the m s-1 level in the near-infrared, where low-mass stars emit the bulk of their radiation.