CARMENES: an overview six months after first light

DOI: 
10.1117/12.2231880
Publication date: 
01/08/2016
Main author: 
Quirrenbach, A.
IAA authors: 
Amado, P. J.;Abril, M.;Becerril, S.;Berdinas, Z. M.;Casal, E.;Claret, A.;Fernandez, M.;Ferro, I. M.;Garrido, R.;Lara, L. M.;López-Puertas, M.;Magan Madinabeitia, H.;Martín-Ruiz, S.;Mirabet, E.;Morales Muñoz, R.;Perez, E.;Pérez-Medialdea, D.;Ramón, A.;Rodríguez, E.;Rodríguez López, C.;Sanchez Carrasco, M. A.;Suárez, J. C.
Authors: 
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.;Cardenas, M. C.;Casal, E.;Claret, A.;Colomé, J.;Cortes-Contreras, M.;Czesla, S.;Doellinger, M.;Dreizler, S.;Feiz, C.;Fernandez, M.;Ferro, I. M.;Fuhrmeister, B.;Galadi, D.;Gallardo, I.;Gálvez-Ortiz, M. C.;Garcia-Piquer, A.;Garrido, R.;Gesa, L.;Gómez Galera, V.;González Hernández, J. I.;Gonzalez Peinado, R.;Grözinger, U.;Guàrdia, J.;Guenther, E. W.;de Guindos, E.;Hagen, H. -J.;Hatzes, A. P.;Hauschildt, P. H.;Helmling, J.;Henning, T.;Hermann, D.;Hernández Arabi, R.;Hernández Castaño, L.;Hernández Hernando, F.;Herrero, E.;Huber, A.;Huber, K. F.;Huke, P.;Jeffers, S. V.;de Juan, E.;Kaminski, A.;Kehr, M.;Kim, M.;Klein, R.;Klüter, J.;Kürster, M.;Lafarga, M.;Lara, L. M.;Lamert, A.;Laun, W.;Launhardt, R.;Lemke, U.;Lenzen, R.;Llamas, M.;Lopez del Fresno, M.;López-Puertas, M.;López-Santiago, J.;Lopez Salas, J. F.;Magan Madinabeitia, H.;Mall, U.;Mandel, H.;Mancini, L.;Marin Molina, J. A.;Maroto Fernández, D.;Martín, E. L.;Martín-Ruiz, S.;Marvin, C.;Mathar, R. J.;Mirabet, E.;Montes, D.;Morales, J. C.;Morales Muñoz, R.;Nagel, E.;Naranjo, V.;Nowak, G.;Palle, E.;Panduro, J.;Passegger, V. M.;Pavlov, A.;Pedraz, S.;Perez, E.;Pérez-Medialdea, D.;Perger, M.;Pluto, M.;Ramón, A.;Rebolo, R.;Redondo, P.;Reffert, S.;Reinhart, S.;Rhode, P.;Rix, H. -W.;Rodler, F.;Rodríguez, E.;Rodríguez López, C.;Rohloff, R. R.;Rosich, A.;Sanchez Carrasco, M. A.;Sanz-Forcada, J.;Sarkis, P.;Sarmiento, L. F.;Schäfer, S.;Schiller, J.;Schmidt, C.;Schmitt, J. H. M. M.;Schöfer, P.;Schweitzer, A.;Shulyak, D.;Solano, E.;Stahl, O.;Storz, C.;Tabernero, H. M.;Tala, M.;Tal-Or, L.;Ulbrich, R. -G.;Veredas, G.;Vico Linares, J. I.;Vilardell, F.;Wagner, K.;Winkler, J.;Zapatero Osorio, M. -R.;Zechmeister, M.;Ammler-von Eiff, M.;Anglada-Escudé, G.;del Burgo, C.;Garcia-Vargas, M. L.;Klutsch, A.;Lizon, J. -L.;Lopez-Morales, M.;Ofir, A.;Pérez-Calpena, A.;Perryman, M. A. C.;Sánchez-Blanco, E.;Strachan, J. B. P.;Stürmer, J.;Suárez, J. C.;Trifonov, T.;Tulloch, S. M.;Xu, W.
Journal: 
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series
Publication type: 
Proceedings
Volume: 
9908
Pages: 
990812
Abstract: 
<p>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.</p>
Database: 
ADS
URL: 
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016SPIE.9908E..12Q/abstract
ADS Bibcode: 
2016SPIE.9908E..12Q