| Autor: |
Denis Mégevand, Francesco Pepe, Alexandre Cabral, Nuno C. Santos, I. Hughes, Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio, Paolo Molaro, M. Comari, André Moitinho, Gaspare Lo Curto, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Rafael López, Luca Pasquini, Hans Dekker, Filippo Maria Zerbi, Christoph Mordasini, Matteo Viel, Jean-Louis Lizon, Jorge Lima, Danuta Sosnowska, Carlos Martins, F. Tenegi, Stéphane Udry, João Coelho, Jose Luis Rasilla, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Didier Queloz, Stefano Cristiani, Valentina D'Odorico, Eros Vanzella, Samuel Santana Tschudi, Paolo Spanò, Antonio Manescau, M. A. Monteiro, Pedro Carvas, António Amorim, Mário J. P. F. G. Monteiro, Igor Coretti, Ramon G. Garcia, Willy Benz, José Manuel Rebordão, Christophe Lovis, Paolo Santin, Gerardo Avila, Roberto Cirami, M. Fleury, Vincenzo De Caprio, Olaf Iwert, José Linares, Bernard Delabre |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
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| Zdroj: |
SPIE Proceedings. |
| ISSN: |
0277-786X |
| Popis: |
ESPRESSO, the Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations, will combine the efficiency of modern echelle spectrograph design with extreme radial-velocity precision. It will be installed on ESO's VLT in order to achieve a gain of two magnitudes with respect to its predecessor HARPS, and the instrumental radialvelocity precision will be improved to reach cm/s level. Thanks to its characteristics and the ability of combining incoherently the light of 4 large telescopes, ESPRESSO will offer new possibilities in various fields of astronomy. The main scientific objectives will be the search and characterization of rocky exoplanets in the habitable zone of quiet, nearby G to M-dwarfs, and the analysis of the variability of fundamental physical constants. We will present the ambitious scientific objectives, the capabilities of ESPRESSO, and the technical solutions of this challenging project. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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