An astro-comb calibrated solar telescope to search for the radial velocity signature of Venus

David F. Phillips*, Alex G. Glenday, Xavier Dumusque, Nicolas Buchschacher, Andrew Collier Cameron, Massimo Cecconi, David Charbonneau, Rosario Cosentino, Adriano Ghedina, Raphäelle Haywood, David W. Latham, Chih Hao Li, Marcello Lodi, Christophe Lovis, Emilio Molinari, Francesco Pepe, Dimitar Sasselov, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Stephane Udry, Ronald L. Walsworth

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Abstract

We recently demonstrated sub-m/s sensitivity in measuring the radial velocity (RV) between the Earth and Sun using a simple solar telescope feeding the HARPS-N spectrograph at the Italian National Telescope, which is calibrated with a green astro-comb. We are using the solar telescope to characterize the effects of stellar (solar) RV jitter due to activity on the solar surface with the goal of detecting the solar RV signal from Venus, thereby demonstrating the sensitivity of these instruments to detect true Earth-twin exoplanets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
EditorsRamón Navarro, James H. Burge
PublisherSPIE
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781510602038
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jul 2016
EventAdvances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 26 Jun 20161 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE
PublisherSociety of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Volume9912
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdvances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period26/06/161/07/16

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