The Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)

被引：58

作者：

Wheatley, Peter J. ^{[1
]}

Pollacco, Don L. ^{[1
]}

Queloz, Didier

Rauer, Heike

Watson, Christopher A.

West, Richard G.

Chazelas, Bruno

Louden, Tom M. ^{[1
]}

Walker, Simon ^{[1
]}

Bannister, Nigel

Bento, Joao ^{[1
]}

Burleigh, Matthew

Cabrera, Juan

Eigmueller, Philipp

Erikson, Anders

Genolet, Ludovic

Goad, Michael

Grange, Andrew

Jordan, Andres

Lawrie, Katherine

McCormac, James

Neveu, Marion

机构：

[1] Univ Warwick, Dept Phys, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England

来源：

HOT PLANETS AND COOL STARS | 2013年 / 47卷

关键词：

STARS;

D O I：

10.1051/epjconf/20134713002

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) is a new ground-based sky survey designed to find transiting Neptunes and super-Earths. By covering at least sixteen times the sky area of Kepler, we will find small planets around stars that are sufficiently bright for radial velocity confirmation, mass determination and atmospheric characterisation. The NGTS instrument will consist of an array of twelve independently pointed 20 cm telescopes fitted with red-sensitive CCD cameras. It will be constructed at the ESO Paranal Observatory, thereby benefiting from the very best photometric conditions as well as follow up synergy with the VLT and E-ELT. Our design has been verified through the operation of two prototype instruments, demonstrating white noise characteristics to sub-mmag photometric precision. Detailed simulations show that about thirty bright super-Earths and up to two hundred Neptunes could be discovered. Our science operations are due to begin in 2014.

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