CARMENES: An overview six months after first light

A. Quirrenbach; P. J. Amado; J. A. Caballero; R. Mundt; A. Reiners; I. Ribas; W. Seifert; M. Abril; J. Aceituno; F. J. Alonso-Floriano; H. Anwand-Heerwart; M. Azzaro; F. Bauer; D. Barrado; S. Becerril; V. J.S. Bejar; D. Benitez; Z. M. Berdinas; M. Brinkmöller; M. C. Cardenas; E. Casal; A. Claret; J. Colomé; M. Cortes-Contreras; S. Czesla; M. Doellinger; S. Dreizler; C. Feiz; M. Fernandez; I. M. Ferro; B. Fuhrmeister; D. Galadi; I. Gallardo; M. C. Gálvez-Ortiz; A. Garcia-Piquer; R. Garrido; L. Gesa; V. Gómez Galera; J. I. González Hernández; R. Gonzalez Peinado; U. Grözinger; J. Guàrdia; E. W. Guenther; E. De Guindos; H. J. Hagen; A. P. Hatzes; P. H. Hauschildt; J. Helmling; T. Henning; D. Hermann; R. Hernández Arabi; L. Hernández Castaño; F. Hernández Hernando; E. Herrero; A. Huber; K. F. Huber; P. Huke; S. V. Jeffers; E. De Juan; A. Kaminski; M. Kehr; M. Kim; R. Klein; J. Klüter; M. Kürster; M. Lafarga; L. M. Lara; A. Lamert; W. Laun; R. Launhardt; U. Lemke; R. Lenzen; M. Llamas; M. Lopez Del Fresno; M. López-Puertas; J. López-Santiago; J. F. Lopez Salas; H. Magan Madinabeitia; U. Mall; H. Mandel; L. Mancini; J. A. Marin Molina; D. Maroto Fernández; E. L. Martín; S. Martín-Ruiz; C. Marvin; R. J. Mathar; E. Mirabet; D. Montes; J. C. Morales; R. Morales Muñoz; E. Nagel; V. Naranjo; G. Nowak; E. Palle; J. Panduro; V. M. Passegger; A. Pavlov; S. Pedraz; E. Pérez; D. Pérez-Medialdea; M. Perger; M. Pluto; A. Ramón; R. Rebolo; P. Redondo; S. Reffert; S. Reinhart; P. Rhode; H. W. Rix; F. Rodler; E. Rodríguez; C. Rodríguez López; R. R. Rohloff; A. Rosich; M. A. Sanchez Carrasco; J. Sanz-Forcada; P. Sarkis; L. F. Sarmiento; S. Schäfer; J. Schiller; C. Schmidt; J. H.M.M. Schmitt; P. Schöfer; A. Schweitzer; D. Shulyak; E. Solano; O. Stahl; C. Storz; H. M. Tabernero; M. Tala; L. Tal-Or; R. G. Ulbrich; G. Veredas; J. I. Vico Linares; F. Vilardell; K. Wagner; J. Winkler; M. R. Zapatero Osorio; M. Zechmeister; M. Ammler-Von Eiff; G. Anglada-Escudé; C. Del Burgo; M. L. Garcia-Vargas; A. Klutsch; J. L. Lizon; M. Lopez-Morales; A. Ofir; A. Pérez-Calpena; M. A.C. Perryman; E. Sánchez-Blanco; J. B.P. Strachan; J. Stürmer; J. C. Suárez; T. Trifonov; S. M. Tulloch; W. Xu

doi:10.1117/12.2231880

CARMENES: An overview six months after first light

A. Quirrenbach, P. J. Amado, J. A. Caballero, R. Mundt, A. Reiners, I. Ribas, W. Seifert, M. Abril, J. Aceituno, F. J. Alonso-Floriano, H. Anwand-Heerwart, M. Azzaro, F. Bauer, D. Barrado, S. Becerril, V. J.S. Bejar, D. Benitez, Z. M. Berdinas, M. Brinkmöller, M. C. CardenasE. Casal, A. Claret, J. Colomé, M. Cortes-Contreras, S. Czesla, M. Doellinger, S. Dreizler, C. Feiz, M. Fernandez, I. M. Ferro, B. Fuhrmeister, D. Galadi, I. Gallardo, M. C. Gálvez-Ortiz, A. Garcia-Piquer, R. Garrido, L. Gesa, V. Gómez Galera, J. I. González Hernández, R. Gonzalez Peinado, U. Grözinger, J. Guàrdia, E. W. Guenther, E. De Guindos, H. J. Hagen, A. P. Hatzes, P. H. Hauschildt, J. Helmling, T. Henning, D. Hermann, R. Hernández Arabi, L. Hernández Castaño, F. Hernández Hernando, E. Herrero, A. Huber, K. F. Huber, P. Huke, S. V. Jeffers, E. De Juan, A. Kaminski, M. Kehr, M. Kim, R. Klein, J. Klüter, M. Kürster, M. Lafarga, L. M. Lara, A. Lamert, W. Laun, R. Launhardt, U. Lemke, R. Lenzen, M. Llamas, M. Lopez Del Fresno, M. López-Puertas, J. López-Santiago, J. F. Lopez Salas, H. Magan Madinabeitia, U. Mall, H. Mandel, L. Mancini, J. A. Marin Molina, D. Maroto Fernández, E. L. Martín, S. Martín-Ruiz, C. Marvin, R. J. Mathar, E. Mirabet, D. Montes, J. C. Morales, R. Morales Muñoz, E. Nagel, V. Naranjo, G. Nowak, E. Palle, J. Panduro, V. M. Passegger, A. Pavlov, S. Pedraz, E. Pérez, D. Pérez-Medialdea, M. Perger, M. Pluto, A. Ramón, R. Rebolo, P. Redondo, S. Reffert, S. Reinhart, P. Rhode, H. W. Rix, F. Rodler, E. Rodríguez, C. Rodríguez López, R. R. Rohloff, A. Rosich, M. A. Sanchez Carrasco, J. Sanz-Forcada, P. Sarkis, L. F. Sarmiento, S. Schäfer, J. Schiller, C. Schmidt, J. H.M.M. Schmitt, P. Schöfer, A. Schweitzer, D. Shulyak, E. Solano, O. Stahl, C. Storz, H. M. Tabernero, M. Tala, L. Tal-Or, R. G. Ulbrich, G. Veredas, J. I. Vico Linares, F. Vilardell, K. Wagner, J. Winkler, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, M. Zechmeister, M. Ammler-Von Eiff, G. Anglada-Escudé, C. Del Burgo, M. L. Garcia-Vargas, A. Klutsch, J. L. Lizon, M. Lopez-Morales, A. Ofir, A. Pérez-Calpena, M. A.C. Perryman, E. Sánchez-Blanco, J. B.P. Strachan, J. Stürmer, J. C. Suárez, T. Trifonov, S. M. Tulloch, W. Xu

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The CARMENES instrument is a pair of high-resolution (R 80,000) spectrographs covering the wavelength range from 0.52 to 1.71 μm, optimized for precise radial velocity measurements. It was installed and commissioned at the 3.5m 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 all subsystems of CARMENES (front end, fiber system, visible-light spectrograph, near-infrared spectrograph, calibration units, etalons, facility control, interlock system, instrument control system, data reduction pipeline, data flow, and archive), and give an overview of the assembly, integration, verification, and commissioning phases of the project. We show initial results and discuss further plans for the scientific use of CARMENES.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Editors	Luc Simard, Christopher J. Evans, Hideki Takami
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231880
State	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 30 Jun 2016

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9908
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	26/06/16 → 30/06/16

Keywords

Extrasolar Planets
M Dwarfs
Near-Infrared Instrumentation
Optical Instrumentation
Spectrographs

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Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Caballero, J. A., Mundt, R., Reiners, A., Ribas, I., Seifert, W., Abril, M., Aceituno, J., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Anwand-Heerwart, H., Azzaro, M., Bauer, F., Barrado, D., Becerril, S., Bejar, V. J. S., Benitez, D., Berdinas, Z. M., Brinkmöller, M., ... Xu, W. (2016). CARMENES: An overview six months after first light. In L. Simard, C. J. Evans, & H. Takami (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI Article 990812 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9908). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231880

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Quirrenbach, A, Amado, PJ, Caballero, JA, Mundt, R, Reiners, A, Ribas, I, Seifert, W, Abril, M, Aceituno, J, Alonso-Floriano, FJ, Anwand-Heerwart, H, Azzaro, M, Bauer, F, Barrado, D, Becerril, S, Bejar, VJS, Benitez, D, Berdinas, ZM, Brinkmöller, M, Cardenas, MC, Casal, E, Claret, A, Colomé, J, Cortes-Contreras, M, Czesla, S, Doellinger, M, Dreizler, S, Feiz, C, Fernandez, M, Ferro, IM, Fuhrmeister, B, Galadi, D, Gallardo, I, Gálvez-Ortiz, MC, Garcia-Piquer, A, Garrido, R, Gesa, L, Gómez Galera, V, González Hernández, JI, Gonzalez Peinado, R, Grözinger, U, Guàrdia, J, Guenther, EW, De Guindos, E, Hagen, HJ, Hatzes, AP, Hauschildt, PH, Helmling, J, Henning, T, Hermann, D, Hernández Arabi, R, Hernández Castaño, L, Hernández Hernando, F, Herrero, E, Huber, A, Huber, KF, Huke, P, Jeffers, SV, De Juan, E, Kaminski, A, Kehr, M, Kim, M, Klein, R, Klüter, J, Kürster, M, Lafarga, M, Lara, LM, Lamert, A, Laun, W, Launhardt, R, Lemke, U, Lenzen, R, Llamas, M, Lopez Del Fresno, M, López-Puertas, M, López-Santiago, J, Lopez Salas, JF, Magan Madinabeitia, H, Mall, U, Mandel, H, Mancini, L, Marin Molina, JA, Maroto Fernández, D, Martín, EL, Martín-Ruiz, S, Marvin, C, Mathar, RJ, Mirabet, E, Montes, D, Morales, JC, Morales Muñoz, R, Nagel, E, Naranjo, V, Nowak, G, Palle, E, Panduro, J, Passegger, VM, Pavlov, A, Pedraz, S, Pérez, E, Pérez-Medialdea, D, Perger, M, Pluto, M, Ramón, A, Rebolo, R, Redondo, P, Reffert, S, Reinhart, S, Rhode, P, Rix, HW, Rodler, F, Rodríguez, E, Rodríguez López, C, Rohloff, RR, Rosich, A, Sanchez Carrasco, MA, Sanz-Forcada, J, Sarkis, P, Sarmiento, LF, Schäfer, S, Schiller, J, Schmidt, C, Schmitt, JHMM, Schöfer, P, Schweitzer, A, Shulyak, D, Solano, E, Stahl, O, Storz, C, Tabernero, HM, Tala, M, Tal-Or, L, Ulbrich, RG, Veredas, G, Vico Linares, JI, Vilardell, F, Wagner, K, Winkler, J, Zapatero Osorio, MR, Zechmeister, M, Ammler-Von Eiff, M, Anglada-Escudé, G, Del Burgo, C, Garcia-Vargas, ML, Klutsch, A, Lizon, JL, Lopez-Morales, M, Ofir, A, Pérez-Calpena, A, Perryman, MAC, Sánchez-Blanco, E, Strachan, JBP, Stürmer, J, Suárez, JC, Trifonov, T, Tulloch, SM & Xu, W 2016, CARMENES: An overview six months after first light. in L Simard, CJ Evans & H Takami (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI., 990812, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9908, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 26/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231880

CARMENES: An overview six months after first light. / Quirrenbach, A.; Amado, P. J.; Caballero, J. A. et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI. ed. / Luc Simard; Christopher J. Evans; Hideki Takami. SPIE, 2016. 990812 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9908).

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