The ESPRI project: astrometric exoplanet search with PRIMA

被引:5
作者
Launhardt, R. [1 ]
Queloz, D. [2 ]
Henning, Th. [1 ]
Quirrenbach, A. [3 ]
Delplancke, F. [4 ]
Andolfato, L. [4 ]
Baumeister, H. [1 ]
Bizenberger, P. [1 ]
Bleuler, H. [5 ]
Chazelas, B. [2 ]
Derie, F. [4 ]
Di Lieto, L. [4 ]
Duc, T. P. [4 ]
Duvanel, O. [6 ]
Elias, N. M., II [1 ,3 ]
Fleury, M. [2 ]
Geisler, R. [3 ]
Gillet, D. [7 ]
Graser, U. [1 ]
Koch, F. [4 ]
Kohler, R. [1 ,3 ]
Maire, C. [2 ]
Megevand, D. [2 ]
Michellod, Y. [8 ]
Moresmau, J. -M. [4 ]
Muller, A. [1 ]
Mullhaupt, P. [8 ]
Naranjo, V. [1 ]
Pepe, F. [2 ]
Reffert, S. [3 ]
Sache, L. [5 ]
Segransan, D. [2 ]
Salvade, Y. [6 ]
Schulze-Hartung, T. [1 ]
Setiawan, J. [1 ]
Simond, G. [2 ]
Sosnowska, D. [8 ]
Stilz, I. [1 ,3 ]
Tubbs, B. [1 ]
Wagner, K. [1 ]
Weber, L. [2 ]
Weise, P. [1 ]
Zago, L. [9 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Astron, Konigstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[2] Univ Geneva, Observ Astron, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
[3] Landessternwarte Konigstuhl, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[4] European Southern Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[5] Ecole Polytech Fed, Lab Syst Robot, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[6] Ecole Ingn ARC, CH-2610 St Imier, Switzerland
[7] Ecole Polytech Fed, Lab Automat, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[8] Ecole Polytech Fed, Lab Astrophys, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
[9] CSEM, CH-2007 Neuchatel, Switzerland
来源
OPTICAL AND INFRARED INTERFEROMETRY | 2008年 / 7013卷
关键词
Interferometry; near infrared; astrometry; extrasolar planets;
D O I
10.1117/12.789318
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
PRIMA. the instrument for Phase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry at the VLTI, is currently being developed at ESO. PRIMA will implement the dual-feed capability, at first for two UTs or ATs, to enable simultaneous interferometric observations of two objects that are separated by up to 1 arcmin. PRIMA is designed to perforin narrow-angle astrometry in K-band with two ATs as well as phase-referenced aperture synthesis imaging with instruments like Amber and Midi. In order to speed Lip the full implementation of the 10 microarcsec astrometric capability of the VLTI and to carry out a large astrometric planet search program, a consortium lead by the Observatoire de Geneve, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, and Landessternwarte Heidelberg, has built Differential Delay Lines for PRIMA and is developing the astrometric observation preparation and data reduction software. When the facility becomes fully operational in 2009, we will use PRIMA to carry out a systematic astrometric Exoplanet Search program, called ESPRI. In this paper, we describe the narrow-angle astrometry measurement principle, give an overview of the ongoing hard-and software developments, and outline our anticipated astrometric exoplanet search program.
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