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 (0.9-1.7m) and VIS (0.5-1.0m), 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)

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

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)

Core Management

Team

Project scientistsI. Ribas (ICE)

A. Reiners (IAG)

System engineersW. Seifert (LSW)

M. A. Sánchez Carrasco (IAA)

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)

Quality assuranceO. Stahl (LSW)

SchedulerJ. Colomé (ICE)

PipelineA. Reiners (IAG)

ArchiveJ. A. Caballero (CAB)

ETCO. Stahl (LSW)

Telescope & Observatory

D. Galadí (CAHA)

Webpage & Outreach

J. A. Caballero (CAB)

Common components

FrontEndW. Seifert (LSW)

ICSJ. Colomé (ICE)

VacuumTanksS. Dreizler (IAG)

alUnitE. W. Guenther

(TLS)

O. Stahl (LSW)

NIR channelP. J. Amado (IAA)

OpticsC. Cárdenas (IAA)

MechanicsS. Becerril (IAA)

Cooling unitS. Becerril (IAA)

ControlR. Morales (IAA)

DetectorR. Lenzen (MPIA)

VIS channelA. Quirrenbach (LSW)

OpticsW. Seifert (LSW)

MechanicsW. Seifert (LSW)

DetectorO. Stahl (LSW)

MPIA liaisonR. Mundt (MPIA)

Principal investigatorsA. Quirrenbach (LSW)

P. J. Amado (IAA)

Project managersH. Mandel (LSW)

J. A. Caballero (CAB)

CAHA liaisonD. Galadí (CAHA)

SimulationsA. Reiners (IAG)

Star CharacterisationM. R. Zapatero Osorio

(CAB)

CARMENCITAJ. A. Caballero (CAB)

ExploitationScience Team

SampleI. Ribas (ICE)

ScienceScience Team

Project supervisory boardMPIA director, IAA director,

CAHA director, PIs

CARMENES organigram pre-FDR 2012

ControlH.J. Hagen (HS)

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