The exoplanet hunter HARPS: Performance and first results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 148-159

  Rupprecht, G ^a   Pepe, F ^b   Mayor, M ^b   Queloz, D ^b   Bouchy, F ^c   Avila, G ^a   Benz, W ^d   Bertaux, J L ^e   Bonfils, X ^b,f   Dall, Th ^g   Delabre, B ^a   Dekker, H ^a   Eckert, W ^g   Fleury, M ^b   Gilliotte, A ^g   Gojak, D ^a   Guzman, J C ^g   Kohler, D ^h   Lizon, J L ^a   Lo Curto, G ^g   Longinotti, A ^a   Lovis, C ^a,b   Megevand D ^b   Pasquini, L ^a   Reyes, J ^a   Sivan, J P ^c   Sosnowska, D ^b   Soto, R ^g   Udry, S ^b   Van Kesteren, A ^a   Weber, L ^b   Weilenmann, U ^g   more..

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE HAUTE PROVENCE   (France)

Author keywords

Asteroseismology; Exoplanet; Radial velocity; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMOLOGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ASTEROSEISMOLOGY; EXOPLANET; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIAL VELOCITY;

SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 10444276532     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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