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The CARMENES Consortium

CARMENES: Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs Two stabilised echelle spectrographs, aim 1 m/s radial-velocity precision : NIR (  0.9-1.7  m ) and VIS (  0.5-1.0  m), both at R=82,000

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The CARMENES Consortium

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  1. CARMENES: Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs • Two stabilised echelle spectrographs, aim 1 m/s radial-velocity precision: NIR (0.9-1.7m) and VIS (0.5-1.0m), both at R=82,000 • Vacuum tanks → Coudé room → 3.5 m telescope Calar Alto → CAHA, Spain • HARPS-like. Innovations: focus on Y and J bands. ThAr/UNe lamps for wavelength calibration (to be replaced by Fabry-Pérot wavemeter)

  2. The CARMENES Consortium MPIA (Heidelberg) IAA (Granada) LSW (Heidelberg) ICE (Barcelona) IAG (Göttingen) IAC (Tenerife) TLS (Tautenburg) UCM (Madrid) HS (Hamburg) CAB (Madrid) CAHA (50% MPG + 50% CSIC) Germany + Spain ≥ 5.0 MEUR

  3. Advantages • Simultaneous near-infrared and visible observations • Both high resolution and wide spectral coverage • Dedication to stable high-precision radial-velocity survey of exoplanets around M dwarfs • Long guaranteed time for the completion of the project (>600 night from 2014 to 2018) • Avoid the complications of cryogenics • Early first light (beginning of 2014)

  4. Core Management Team Project supervisory board MPIA director, IAA director, CAHA director, PIs Principal investigators A. Quirrenbach (LSW) P. J. Amado (IAA) Project managers H. Mandel (LSW) J. A. Caballero (CAB) Institution representatives R. Mundt (MPIA) P. J. Amado (IAA) A. Quirrenbach (LSW) I. Ribas (ICE) A. Reiners (IAG) V. J. S. Béjar (IAC) E. W. Guenther (TLS) D. Montes (UCM) J. H. H. M. Schmidt (HS) E. L. Martín (CAB) D. Barrado (CAHA) MPIA liaison R. Mundt (MPIA) Quality assurance O. Stahl (LSW) System engineers W. Seifert (LSW) M. A. Sánchez Carrasco (IAA) Project scientists I. Ribas (ICE) A. Reiners (IAG) CAHA liaison D. Galadí (CAHA) Scheduler J. Colomé (ICE) Science Science Team NIR channel P. J. Amado (IAA) VIS channel A. Quirrenbach (LSW) Common components ETC O. Stahl (LSW) FrontEnd W. Seifert (LSW) Simulations A. Reiners (IAG) Pipeline A. Reiners (IAG) Optics C. Cárdenas (IAA) Optics W. Seifert (LSW) VacuumTanks S. Dreizler (IAG) Sample I. Ribas (ICE) Archive J. A. Caballero (CAB) Star Characterisation M. R. Zapatero Osorio (CAB) Mechanics S. Becerril (IAA) Mechanics W. Seifert (LSW) Telescope & Observatory D. Galadí (CAHA) CalUnit E. W. Guenther (TLS) Control H.J. Hagen (HS) Cooling unit S. Becerril (IAA) Detector O. Stahl (LSW) CARMENCITA J. A. Caballero (CAB) Webpage & Outreach J. A. Caballero (CAB) Fibres O. Stahl (LSW) Detector R. Lenzen (MPIA) Exploitation Science Team Control R. Morales (IAA) ICS J. Colomé (ICE) CARMENES organigram pre-FDR 2012

  5. Schedule • Pre-selection: January 2009 • CDR: October 2009 • pCDR: July 2010 • Green light: November 2010 • PDR: July 2011 • FDR: Nov 2012 (optics-FDR Apr 2012) • AIV: 2013 • First light, commissioning: early 2014 • Start survey: mid 2014

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