Detecting exoplanets with extreme adaptive optics and a single-mode fibre fed spectrograph

Nemanja Jovanovic, Nick Cvetojevic, Olivier Guyon, Frantz Martinache, Jon Lawrence

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Abstract

A key technique used to detect and characterise exoplanets is Doppler spectroscopy. The technique involves measuring the amplitude of the periodic wavelength shift in the absorption lines of a star due to the physical wobble in the star brought on by the presence of an unseen orbiting planetary-mass companion. From the periodicity and the magnitude of the wobble velocity, it is possible to constrain parameters about the exoplanet such as mass, distance from the star, period and so on. This information is necessary for determining if the planet is likely to have the correct chemical composition in order to support life and if it is within the habitable zone (the region around a star where it is possible to support water in the liquid phase).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCLEO EUROPE/IQEC 2013
Subtitle of host publicationthe European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the 13th International Quantum Electronics Conference : online digest
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1-1
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)9781479905942, 9781479905935
ISBN (Print)9781479905928
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 12 May 201316 May 2013

Other

Other2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period12/05/1316/05/13

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