We are developing a stable and precise spectrograph for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) named "iLocater." The instrument comprises three principal components: a cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph that operates in the YJ-bands (0.97-1.30 mu m), a fiber-injection acquisition camera system, and a wavelength calibration unit. iLocater will deliver high spectral resolution (R similar to 150,000-240,000) measurements that permit novel studies of stellar and substellar objects in the solar neighborhood including extrasolar planets. Unlike previous planet-finding instruments, which are seeing-limited, iLocater operates at the diffraction limit and uses single mode fibers to eliminate the effects of modal noise entirely. By receiving starlight from two 8.4m diameter telescopes that each use "extreme" adaptive optics (AO), iLocater shows promise to overcome the limitations that prevent existing instruments from generating sub-meter-per-second radial velocity (RV) precision. Although optimized for the characterization of low-mass planets using the Doppler technique, iLocater will also advance areas of research that involve crowded fields, line-blanketing, and weak absorption lines.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/622805 |
| Date | 04 August 2016 |
| Creators | Crepp, Justin R., Crass, Jonathan, King, David, Bechter, Andrew, Bechter, Eric, Ketterer, Ryan, Reynolds, Robert, Hinz, Philip, Kopon, Derek, Cavalieri, David, Fantano, Louis, Koca, Corina, Onuma, Eleanya, Stapelfeldt, Karl, Thomes, Joseph, Wall, Sheila, Macenka, Steven, McGuire, James, Korniski, Ronald, Zugby, Leonard, Eisner, Joshua, Gaudi, B S., Hearty, Fred, Kratter, Kaitlin, Kuchner, Marc, Micela, Giusi, Nelson, Matthew, Pagano, Isabella, Quirrenbach, Andreas, Schwab, Christian, Skrutskie, Michael, Sozzetti, Alessandro, Woodward, Charles, Zhao, Bo |
| Contributors | Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Dept Astron, Univ. of Notre Dame (United States), Univ. of Notre Dame (United States), Univ. of Cambridge (United States), Univ. of Notre Dame (United States), Univ. of Notre Dame (United States), Univ. of Notre Dame (United States), Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (United States), Steward Observatory, The Univ. of Arizona (United States), Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States), Univ. of Notre Dame (United States), NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States), NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States), NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States), NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States), NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States), NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States), Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States), Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States), Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States), Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States), The Univ. of Arizona (United States), The Ohio State Univ. (United States), The Pennsylvania State Univ. (United States), Steward Observatory, The Univ. of Arizona (United States), NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (Italy), Univ. of Virginia (United States), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (Italy), Landessternwarte Heidelberg (Germany), Macquarie Univ. (Australia), Univ. of Virginia (United States), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (United States), Univ. of Minnesota (United States), Univ. of Florida (United States) |
| Publisher | SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Proceedings |
| Rights | © 2016 SPIE |
| Relation | http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?doi=10.1117/12.2233135 |
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