F. Bouchy, R. Doyon, E. Artigau, C. Melo, O. Hernandez, F. Wildi, X. Delfosse, C. Lovis, P. Figueira, B. L. Canto Martins, J. I. González Hernández, S. Thibault, V. Reshetov, F. Pepe, N. C. Santos, J. R. de Medeiros, R. Rebolo López, M. Abreu, V. Zh. Adibekyan, T. Bandy, W. Benz, N. Blind, D. Bohlender, I. Boisse, S. Bovay, C. Broeg, D. Brousseau, A. Cabral, B. Chazelas, R. Cloutier, J. Coelho, U. Conod, A. Cumming, B. Delabre, L. Genolet, J. Hagelberg, R. Jayawardhana, H. U. Käufl, D. Lafrenière, I. C. Leão, L. Malo, A. de Medeiros Martins, Matthews J. M., S. Metchev, M. Oshagh, M. Ouellet, V. C. Parro, J. L. Rasilla, P. Santos, M. Sarajlic, A. G. Segovia Milla, M. Sordet, S. Udry, D. Valencia, P. Vallée, K. Venn, G. A. Wade, L. Saddlemyer
Abstract
The Near-InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS) is a new ultra-stable infrared (YJH) spectrograph that will be installed on ESO’s 3.6-metre Telescope in La Silla, Chile. Aiming to achieve a precision of 1 m s–1, NIRPS is designed to find rocky planets orbiting M dwarfs, and will operate together with the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), also on the 3.6-metre Telescope. In this article we describe the NIRPS science cases and present its main technical characteristics.
The Messenger
Volume 169, Number 169, Page 7
2017 September
